Advisory Opinions is a new podcast from The Dispatch. Hosts David French and Sarah Isgur have a weekly conversation about the law, culture, and why it matters.
501 episodes transcribedSarah Isgur and David French are joined by Erin Hawley, senior counsel to the appellate team at the Alliance Defending Freedom, to discuss the latest,...
With Donald Trump’s second term in full swing, Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith joins Sarah Isgur and David French to discuss the unitary executiv...
Sarah Isgur and David French discuss a case before the Supreme Court that challenges the Moment of Threat Doctrine. They predict concurrences all the...
Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the encroaching powers of the executive branch and what it means for the balance of government. The Agenda: —Teac...
David French makes his long-awaited return to Catholic University of America after thatincident for a live Advisory Opinions taping with Sarah Isgur a...
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...
Is limiting access to porn a free speech violation? Sarah Isgur and David French discuss that question following oral arguments in Free Speech Coaliti...
Sarah Isgur and David French record live at George Washington University covering the Alito-Trump phone call and new challenges to explicit content ag...
In a special emergency recording, Sarah Isgur and David French react to today’s oral argument in TikTok v. Garland. The Agenda: —Tiers of scrutiny —Wh...
Today’s podcast is all about the antis: anti-SLAPP, anti-masking, anti-indoctrination, anti-retaliation, and anti-corruption. But before all that, Sar...
Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the anticipated TikTok oral argument taking place this Friday. Are we in content-neutral law land or are we veeri...
Have you done your assigned reading? Because Sarah Isgur and David French are joined by Judges Charles Eskridge and Brantley Starr to take us to law s...
The Agenda: —Christmas is canceled for the legal teams working on the TikTok case —Why in the world did Yashar Ali get the Federalist Society leak? —J...
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including court disagreements. Sarah Isgur and David French discuss Fifth Circuit drama with an eye toward a Ken Paxton...
This jam-packed episode features Sarah Isgur and David French dissecting the latest Supreme Court opinions, judicial retirement rumors, and the evolvi...
Sarah and David are joined by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti to break down United States v. Skrmetti and what it might mean for the futu...
Sarah and David break down the recent case before the Supreme Court regarding flavored vapes before finally getting to that “invasion”question and wha...
Sarah Isgur and David French discuss President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter, dive into President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to appoint...
Can Elon Musk colonize Mars? Or, even more challenging, can he take down the administrative state? Sarah and David take a look at his roadmap for the...
