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The Legal Impact

The Legal Impact

By: University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law
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 University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law's expert faculty break down the legal impact of what is happening in the news. https://law.unh.edu/podcastAll rights reserved. Politics & Government
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  • Passports, Trans Rights, and the Supreme Court

    Passports, Trans Rights, and the Supreme Court
    Dec 19 2025

    In November, the U.S. Supreme Court gave a temporary “green light” to a Trump Administration policy concerning transgender Americans and their passports. The State Department will now only issue passports that match the applicant's sex as shown on their birth certificates.

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    20 mins
  • Trade, Tariffs, and the Courts

    Trade, Tariffs, and the Courts
    Oct 27 2025

    Trade, tariffs, and the courts: On this month’s episode of The Legal Impact, we examine the arguments behind a US Supreme Court case over extensive tariffs put in place by the Trump Administration in early 2025. Lower courts have ruled that the White House overstepped its authority under the law it used to justify the tariffs. But even if the Administration loses before the High Court, it has other legal tools at its disposal that it can use to impose tariffs, which may be less vulnerable to lawsuits.
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    22 mins
  • The Risk Collaborative - Navigating Risk Around the Globe

    The Risk Collaborative - Navigating Risk Around the Globe
    Sep 19 2025

    Our guest on The Legal Impact is UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law alumna Sabrina Segal. She’s Director of The Risk Collaborative, an initiative that fosters partnership, knowledge-sharing and advocacy among non-profits, non-governmental organizations, and funders. From the tiny charity in your community to global NGOs like Save the Children, Segal helps them craft a system for assessing, planning, and managing risk -- all on a shoestring budget.
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    27 mins
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