Advisory Opinions is a legal podcast by The Dispatch. Hosts David French and Sarah Isgur meet twice a week to talk about the law, the courts, their collision wi...
Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the encroaching powers of the executive branch and what it means for the balance of government.
The Agenda:
—Teaching sex in elementary school
—It really is those darn phones!
—WTF David
—Trump takes office
—DOGE violating FACA
—Trump's executive orders
—Vivek’s out of DOGE
—Biden pardons criminals, some really not good ones
—What is the American dream?
Show Notes:
—United States v. Wong Kim Ark
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1:31:43
Law Schools vs. Conservative Scholars
David French makes his long-awaited return to Catholic University of America after thatincident for a live Advisory Opinions taping with Sarah Isgur and two special guests: Joel Alicea, director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and Trevor McFadden, a district court judge for the U.S. District Court for D.C.
The Agenda:
—A Jewish joke then a Catholic joke ...
—Constitutional law is now mandatory?
—Breaking down the originalist court
—Learning corpus linguistics
—Law school incentives and Top 14 schools
—Satan v. United States? David?
—Can anyone explain transactional law?
—Q&A
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1:02:40
TikTok Decision Emergency Pod
David French and Sarah Isgur come at you on this Friday evening to enumerate the absurdities of the TikTok ban-or-sale discourse following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the law, a plangent (and perhaps futile) homage to Congress actually doing its job.
Plus: Biden “ratifies” the Equal Rights Amendment and Sarah loses it.
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1:02:22
On Porn and Paxton
Is limiting access to porn a free speech violation? Sarah Isgur and David French discuss that question following oral arguments in Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton.
The Agenda:
—Best argument of the term
—Does context protect a lie?
—Burden of proof in age verification laws
—Project Veritas and press freedom
—Breaking down the Laken Riley Act
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Trump Sentencing at the Supreme Court: Live at GWU
Sarah Isgur and David French record live at George Washington University covering the Alito-Trump phone call and new challenges to explicit content age-verification laws.
The Agenda:
—Justice Alito's phone call with Trump
—False statements case
—Challenges to Texas' age-verification law
—Constitutionality of ID laws
—Title IX and Chevron
—Questions from GWU students
Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Sarah’s Collision newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here.
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Advisory Opinions is a legal podcast by The Dispatch. Hosts David French and Sarah Isgur meet twice a week to talk about the law, the courts, their collision with politics, and why it all matters.