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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Can Trump Be Gagged?

Episode Date: September 19, 2023

Prompted by Hunter Biden's indictment, David and David go through a slew of second amendment cases to try and figure out which kind of gun control is...

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A Different Kind of Impeachment

Episode Date: September 14, 2023

The David and David show looks at Speaker McCarthy's call to open an impeachment inquiry against President Biden. They also break down a big win for t...

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Extraordinary Wits

Episode Date: August 31, 2023

After David Lat is publicly inducted into the AO family by undergoing a fan-based correction, he and David French run through an eclectic mic of legal...

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Throwing Trump Under the Bus?

Episode Date: August 29, 2023

The DnD show begins as David Lat returns to co-guest host in Sarah's absence. David and David discuss a strange First Amendment case out of the Fifth...

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Consistent Standing Doctrines

Episode Date: August 24, 2023

Will there be a legal and cultural consensus on transgender affirming healthcare? Why don’t female deputies get a full weekend in Dallas County? And w...

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Coup de Target

Episode Date: August 22, 2023

Can Donald Trump be disqualified from holding public office? Sarah and David host a friendly debate with Michael McConnell, a former circuit judge and...

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A Digital Fourth Amendment

Episode Date: August 8, 2023

UC Berkeley law professor Orin Kerr joins David and Sarah to explain how Fourth Amendment jurisprudence applies to a digital age. Do you have an expec...

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The Alito Burn Book

Episode Date: August 1, 2023

Justice Samuel "Spicy" Alito returns to the pages of The Wall St. Journal with a flaming-hot interview and Sarah and David are here to unpack it. (And...

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Awful Qualified Immunity Cases

Episode Date: July 27, 2023

Three qualified immunity cases are thoroughly analyzed in a particularly depressing AO episode, but first David and Sarah talk through an injunction o...

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Two Bronze Doors

Episode Date: July 21, 2023

Sarah and David reach peak AO and fulfill their promise of delivering something stratospherically nerdy. Judge Charles Eskridge for the Southern Distr...