Advisory Opinions

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.

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Lawless or Just Unwise?

Episode Date: February 14, 2025

Is President Donald Trump breaking the Justice Department or simply reshaping its priorities? As federal prosecutors resign, Sarah Isgur and David Fre...

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Hiding in the Proverbial Attic

Episode Date: February 11, 2025

Sarah Isgur and David French steal away to sunny Stanford University to talk shop with law students and bask in a friendlier climate. The Agenda: —Cas...

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Can Churches Commit Fraud?

Episode Date: February 6, 2025

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss our two favorite topics: God and guns. Can you sue your church, and do young adults have the right to bear arms?...

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You’re Fired

Episode Date: February 4, 2025

Sarah Isgur and David French are joined by Erin Hawley, senior counsel to the appellate team at the Alliance Defending Freedom, to discuss the latest,...

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Officer-Created Danger

Episode Date: January 28, 2025

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss a case before the Supreme Court that challenges the Moment of Threat Doctrine. They predict concurrences all the...

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Trump's Executive Orders

Episode Date: January 23, 2025

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...

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Episode Date: January 20, 2025

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TikTok Decision Emergency Pod

Episode Date: January 17, 2025

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...

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On Porn and Paxton

Episode Date: January 16, 2025

Is limiting access to porn a free speech violation? Sarah Isgur and David French discuss that question following oral arguments in Free Speech Coaliti...

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Advisory Opinions Live at GWU

Episode Date: January 14, 2025

Sarah Isgur and David French record live at George Washington University covering the Alito-Trump phone call and new challenges to explicit content ag...

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What's Next for TikTok?

Episode Date: January 10, 2025

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...

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The Anti-Episode

Episode Date: January 9, 2025

Today’s podcast is all about the antis: anti-SLAPP, anti-masking, anti-indoctrination, anti-retaliation, and anti-corruption. But before all that, Sar...

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Are PysOps Free Speech?

Episode Date: January 7, 2025

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...

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Tick Tock, TikTok,

Episode Date: December 19, 2024

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...

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Southern Squabbles

Episode Date: December 17, 2024

Everything’s bigger in Texas, including court disagreements. Sarah Isgur and David French discuss Fifth Circuit drama with an eye toward a Ken Paxton...