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.
536 episodes transcribedTikTok Decision Emergency Pod
Episode Date: January 17, 2025David 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...
On Porn and Paxton
Episode Date: January 16, 2025Is limiting access to porn a free speech violation? Sarah Isgur and David French discuss that question following oral arguments in Free Speech Coaliti...
Advisory Opinions Live at GWU
Episode Date: January 14, 2025Sarah Isgur and David French record live at George Washington University covering the Alito-Trump phone call and new challenges to explicit content ag...
What's Next for TikTok?
Episode Date: January 10, 2025In 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...
The Anti-Episode
Episode Date: January 9, 2025Today’s podcast is all about the antis: anti-SLAPP, anti-masking, anti-indoctrination, anti-retaliation, and anti-corruption. But before all that, Sar...
Are PysOps Free Speech?
Episode Date: January 7, 2025Sarah 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...
Origins of the Federal Constitution
Episode Date: December 24, 2024Have 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...
Tick Tock, TikTok,
Episode Date: December 19, 2024The 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...
Southern Squabbles
Episode Date: December 17, 2024Everything’s bigger in Texas, including court disagreements. Sarah Isgur and David French discuss Fifth Circuit drama with an eye toward a Ken Paxton...
Shooting Down the Spirit of Aloha
Episode Date: December 12, 2024This jam-packed episode features Sarah Isgur and David French dissecting the latest Supreme Court opinions, judicial retirement rumors, and the evolvi...
Can Tennessee Ban Transgender Care for Minors?
Episode Date: December 10, 2024Sarah 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...
What's an Invasion?
Episode Date: December 5, 2024Sarah and David break down the recent case before the Supreme Court regarding flavored vapes before finally getting to that “invasion”question and wha...
Pardoning Hunter
Episode Date: December 3, 2024Sarah 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...
DOGE v. The Administrative State
Episode Date: November 26, 2024Can 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...
In Dicta We Trust
Episode Date: November 19, 2024Sarah and David respond to off-the-wall comments and the controversy surrounding Matt Gaetz’s appointment, insights from the Federalist Society conven...
The Trump Picks ... So Far | Roundtable
Episode Date: November 15, 2024In a special emergency Advisory Opinions/Dispatch Podcast crossover, Sarah, David, and Steve react to Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks so far, break down...
Live From The Dispatch Summit: Judge James Ho
Episode Date: November 14, 2024Sarah sat down with Judge James C. Ho at The Dispatch Summit on November 12 for an in-depth conversation about key legal issues, including the legitim...
Give Me Back That Ring, Cupcake
Episode Date: November 12, 2024Sarah and David kick off the podcast with a discussion on the Vacancies Reform Act and its role in the next administration before turning to gender po...
The Law Under Trump
Episode Date: November 7, 2024Following this week’s election, Sarah and David explain what will happen next with the criminal cases against Donald Trump and review potential Suprem...