Advisory Opinions

Sarah Isgur and David French are joined by CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig to discuss  Anthony Fauci’s invocation of the Fifth Amendment. Is it okay? Is it not okay? How does this relate to the pardon power? Then it’s on to a constitutional game show where  each member of this three-person team picks two constitutional amendments they would magically ratify and one amendment they would veto.

The Agenda:

–Anthony Fauci can take the Fifth

–Did Fauci even have such a right?

–Wiping your phone is an obstruction of justice

–Amending the Constitution!

–Impeachment reform, resizing Congress, and emergency powers

–Presidential eligibility, redefining Article II, and repealing the 17th Amendment

–We will see a 28th Amendment

Show Notes:

–Elie Honig: When You Come at the King

–How to Investigate a President (with Elie Honig) - CAFE
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Welcome to First Amendment-a-palooza, where headliners Sarah Isgur and David French play the classics like: “Are license plates government speech?” and “Three cheers for Citizens United,” as well as “Owning a copy of Mein Kampf means you’re an idiot, but it’s still private speech.”

The Agenda:

–Immigration issues

–Citizens United will be overturned

–Gender, protected speech, and school counselors

–Suck it up, Virginia!

–Black Lives Matter protests and injured police officers

–Listener mail bag

Show Notes:

–Faces of Intratextualism - Akhil Reed Amar

–Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc.

–David Lat’s Substack

–Garcetti v. Ceballos

–Opinion: A Very Dangerous Ruling in New Orleans

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the Trump administration’s appeal to the Supreme Court about its mail-in voting executive order. Then the two talk with ⁠Mike Fragoso⁠, former chief counsel to then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and partner at Torridon Law, to discuss the food truck nature of Senate judicial nomination.

The Agenda:

–⁠Additional restrictions on mail-in voting⁠

– ⁠The headline-to-effects ratio is out of control⁠

– Judicial nominees and the filibuster

– All about the Congressional Review Act

–⁠Mutual combat at the gas station ⁠

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss new data on questions that the Supreme Court justices are asking, dive into the definition of stipulation, and run through a few questionable subpoenas of reporters. All this before the crime-apalooza interview with University of California law professor Rory Little and Stanford law professor Orin Kerr. You won’t want to miss their discussion on torture. No, this isn’t a euphemism.

The Agenda:

–Justice Kagan says court gets a “bad rap”

–Nine justices, nine styles

–Was it a stipulation or admission?

–DOJ subpoenas New York Times reporters over Air Force One reporting

–Get bourbon with old trial attorneys

–The Roberts court’s legacy in criminal law

Show Notes:

– The First Criminal Procedure Revolution

–“Torture and Plea Bargaining” by John H. Langbein

–Branzburg v. Hayes

–Gonzales v. Raich

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Sarah Isgur and David French explain a case in which an Alaskan charter plane was seized over a six-pack of beer and discuss Title IX due-process rights on college campuses.

Sarah and David are then joined by Harvard Law professor Richard Re to break down his column arguing that Chief Justice John Roberts is moderating from the front.

The Agenda:

—Alaskan charter plane seized over a six-pack

—Title IX and due process

—Antisemitism and Title VI

—Is Chief Justice Roberts moderating from the front?

—Alexander Bickel and passive virtues

—The left and court-packing

Show notes:

—United States v. $124,700 in U.S. Currency

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