Jenny Rough

2 weeks ago | wng.org | Jenny Rough |Nick Eicher

NICK EICHER, HOST: At the U.S. Supreme Court last week, a debate you might once have considered unthinkable: Whether public schools can require four-year-olds to read about drag queens, about leather culture, about same-sex marriage—and whether parents have any right to shield their young children from it. JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH: That's the one where they are supposed to look for the leather and things and bondage things like that—ALAN E.

1 month ago | wng.org | Nick Eicher |Jenny Rough

JENNY ROUGH, HOST: It’s Monday March 31st, and you’re listening to The World and Everything in It from WORLD Radio. Good morning! I’m Jenny Rough. NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. Time now for Legal Docket. First, the Supreme Court handed down two opinions last week. One upheld a federal regulation on so-called ghost guns. The decision allows the government to expand the definition of firearms it can regulate to include gun-parts kits and unfinished frames or receivers.

Jan 27, 2025 | wng.org | Nick Eicher |Jenny Rough

NICK EICHER, HOST: If you didn’t know this song, I’d be surprised if you didn’t know of it. Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room was a hit in 1973, undoubtedly the biggest song Brownsville Station ever did. SOUND: But everybody knows that smokin’ ain’t allowed in school. The rock band Motley Crüe covered it in 1985 and gave it a heavy metal edge. It was something of an anthem of teenage rebellion, when lighting up in the school bathroom was practically a teenage cliché.

Jan 21, 2025 | wng.org | Jenny Rough

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: Today is Tuesday, January 21st. Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day. Good morning. I’m Lindsay Mast. MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I’m Myrna Brown. Coming next on The World and Everything in It: a profile of a celebrity in the legal world. Attorney Paul Clement has been practicing law for 33 years. He’s a founding partner at Clement & Murphy, a boutique appellate practice in Alexandria, Virginia.

Jan 16, 2025 | wng.org | Jenny Rough

In his 33 years of legal practice, Paul Clement, 58, has clerked for late U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, served as the 43rd solicitor general of the United States, and worked as a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. In 2022, he opened Clement & Murphy, a boutique appellate practice in Alexandria, Va., and he still lectures at Georgetown University. But he’s best known as the guy who has argued over 100 cases before the Supreme Court, including two this term so far.