Bloomberg Law: Parents Object to LGBTQ Books
First Amendment law expert Caroline Mala Corbin, a professor at the University of Miami Law School, discusses Supreme Court arguments over some parent's objections to LGBTQ themed books in an elementary school curriculum. Constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses whether President Trump has the power to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. June Grasso hosts.
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