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.
544 episodes transcribedSarah 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...
Sarah and David respond to off-the-wall comments and the controversy surrounding Matt Gaetz’s appointment, insights from the Federalist Society conven...
In a special emergency Advisory Opinions/Dispatch Podcast crossover, Sarah, David, and Steve react to Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks so far, break down...
Sarah 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...
Sarah 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...
Following this week’s election, Sarah and David explain what will happen next with the criminal cases against Donald Trump and review potential Suprem...
Sarah and David kick off the podcast with (boring?) questions the Supreme Court will seek to answer this term before turning to two very American case...
Sarah and David discuss the battle over the federal courts and how the upcoming presidential election might affect the circuits’ makeup. The Agenda: —...
Sarah and David discuss the latest voting trends and break down recent cases related to election law. They overview the legal nuances and explore the...
Sarah and David preview how the 2024 election might play out in the courts. But first, the two revisit their conversation with Leon Neyfakh. The Agend...
Sarah and David are joined by Leon Neyfakh—host of the Slow Burn podcast—to explain what really happened in December of 2000 when the Supreme Court ha...
Sarah and David break down two cases from the Supreme Court's recent oral arguments and take questions from Columbia Law students. The Agenda: —Can th...
Judge Roy Altman joins Sarah and David at Duke University School of Law. Note: The opinions expressed on this podcast do not represent Duke (who would...
Live from UNC (we can say that, right? We’re allowed here?), Sarah and David discuss the latest round of Supreme Court cert grants and the case they’r...
Kannon Shanmugam, head of Paul-Weiss' Supreme Court practice and friend of the pod, gave a speech recently pushing back against critics who question t...
Sarah and David highlight four cases from the Supreme Court's 2023-2024 October term and a 5th Circuit case uncovering librarians’ motivations. The Ag...
Sarah and David look over the case of Marcellus Williams, whom the state of Missouri executed on Tuesday after he was sentenced to death for the 1998...
