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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Qualified Immunity Rap Battles

Episode Date: March 6, 2020

David and Sarah have Super Tuesday numbers to dive into, oral arguments in Louisiana's Supreme Court abortion case, FISA reform, qualified immunity, a...

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Delegate Fun Time

Episode Date: March 2, 2020

David and Sarah discuss the likelihood of a brokered convention after Joe Biden's big win in South Carolina, the appeal court's Don McGahn decision, t...

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Alligator Boots

Episode Date: February 28, 2020

David and Sarah speak with Liz Murrill, Louisiana's solicitor general, about her case before the Supreme Court June Medical Services v. Russo. The thr...

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Jurisprudence of Doubt

Episode Date: February 26, 2020

David and Sarah have a lot on their plate. Can Bernie Sanders assemble a coalition similar to Obama's 2008 campaign? Will the Supreme Court draw a lin...

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Tilting at Windmills

Episode Date: February 18, 2020

David and Sarah examine the decision to not prosecute Andrew McCabe, the eye-opening interview Harvey Weinstein's attorney gave, and answer which nove...

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Voir Dire

Episode Date: February 14, 2020

David and Sarah take on the whirlwind of news surrounding the Roger Stone case, go behind the scenes of opposition research, and share their thoughts...

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Potpourri of Awfulness

Episode Date: February 10, 2020

David and Sarah speak with Nikki Neily, president of Speech First, about bias response teams on college campuses, the history of speech codes, and pic...

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Unintended Consequences

Episode Date: February 3, 2020

David and Sarah look at polling shenanigans ahead of the Iowa caucuses, take a closer look at the history of the 17th Amendment, and discuss the impac...

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All But Assured

Episode Date: January 27, 2020

David and Sarah discuss the news from John Bolton's book, what's wrong with Congress, and the death of Kobe Bryant. Learn more about your ad choices....

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Play in the Joints

Episode Date: January 22, 2020

David and Sarah discuss the administration's moves to protect prayer in public schools with Jennie Bradley Lichter, the deputy director of the White H...

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Do Crimes

Episode Date: January 16, 2020

David and Sarah take a closer look at the new impeachment evidence, the continuing legal objections to the strike that killed Qassim Suleimani, and wh...

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Tom Hanks' Face

Episode Date: January 6, 2020

David and Sarah engage in a wide-ranging analysis of John Bolton's potential testimony before the Senate, whether Trump can tweet his way through the...

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Laws of War

Episode Date: January 3, 2020

Sarah and David discuss the killing of Iranian general Qassim Suleimani, ask WWJBD? (What would Jed Bartlett do?), and handicap the Democratic primary...

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Zombie Obamacare

Episode Date: December 24, 2019

Former Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller joins to discuss the latest 5th Circuit opinion on Obamacare and David and Sarah discuss JK Rowling’s late...

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Horseshoe Theory

Episode Date: December 13, 2019

David and Sarah offer a quick take on the British electoral landslide, revisit the IG report, give two cheers to Trump's anti-Semitism executive order...

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All About The IG

Episode Date: December 10, 2019

David French and Sarah Isgur launch their new podcast from The Dispatch with a detailed discussion of the Inspector General's report of FISA abuse in...