World-renowned litigator and author Kenneth Foard McCallion on his life as a trail attorney and some of the big cases that he was on, as recounted in his new book, "SAVING THE WORLD On Case at A Time".

Kenneth Foard McCallion, an environmental attorney who successfully litigated cases involving the Exxon Valdez and Bhopal Gas disasters, discusses the consequences of the recent Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. In a 6-3 decision in West Virginia v EPA, the conservative justices decided the agency cannot create comprehensive policies to reduce global warming. McCallion argues that the Supreme Court has “dealt a body blow to this country’s climate change policies.” The irony is that the Court claims it is returning power to the states and people when 68% of Americans surveyed by Pew Research Center in 2019 said they believe government should be acting to “reduce the effect of global climate change.” Even 39% of Republicans who responded to that survey agree the government is not doing enough. Congress has relied on experts in agencies like the EPA to formulate policies in response to rapidly changing scientific insight into the environment because legislation takes too long to develop. Now, the Court has undercut that authority.

Kenneth Foard McCallion a Former DOJ/NY State Prosecutor and still top civil litigation attorney discusses his newest book with another world-class attorney John Uustal, our show host. Listen to some of the behind-the-scenes landmark legal cases of our time.  John and Ken compare their sovereign immunity breakdowns.

Bruce Cook of Bruce Cook Conversations AM-830 talking with author Kenneth McCallion about COVID-19 and his new book release, COVID-19 The Virus that Changed America and the World.

Kenneth's conversation starts at 33:15

Mike and Kenneth discuss COVID-19 and Kenneth's book on the subject.

Kenneth Foard McCallion: We need another stimulus pkg to get us through this crisis, but we're getting a NO from the Senate & from the President.

Joan interviews Kenneth about his recent publication about COVID-19.
Kenneth's interview starts at 1:54:45

As Trump Enters Year Two In Office, Mueller Looking At Money Laundering

As the investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 election now carries into 2018, Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller is keeping quiet on details.

In the 1980s, federal prosecutors going after mob-controlled labor unions investigated a series of dealings between organized crime and real estate developers in the New York and New Jersey area.

One developer they were particularly interested in was singularly uncooperative in discussing what appeared to be sweetheart deals with the mob. That developer was Donald Trump.

Attorney Kenneth McCallion was one of the federal prosecutors involved in that investigation. He says there appeared to be a sweetheart deal between the Teamsters Local 282 and Trump, where Trump would get a promise of cooperation from organized labor—including breaking up any strikes by minority workers—in exchange for no-show jobs, a lucrative concrete contract and a luxury apartment for the union president's girlfriend."

After we indicted them, the Teamster leaders called a citywide strike, but there were two job sites they exempted from that. One was Trump Tower and the other was Trump Plaza," McCallion said.

Yet despite this, Trump was never prosecuted. "Even though Donald Trump lied to law enforcement about his relationship and lying to federal agents is a federal crime, he basically got a pass at that point," he said.

McCallion, who recently wrote the book, The Essential Guide to Donald Trump, says the Republican candidate for president has continued to enjoy a comfortable relationship with organized crime.

Louis and Kenneth discuss Kenneth's new book Saving the World One Case at a Time and about his work with some of the most important and high profile criminal and civil litigations in modern times.