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    Advisory Opinions

    Advisory Opinions is a legal podcast by The Dispatch. Hosts David French and Sarah Isgur meet twice a week to talk about the law, the courts, their collision with politics, and why it all matters.

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    Latest Episodes:
    Mailbag: Majority Rule and Philosophy Majors Oct 26, 2023
    Show notes

    Sarah and David take a break from the news to answer listeners' questions: How should fans approach the hosts in public? Does intent matter in constitutional law? Would making it easier to amend the Constitution fix everything? Also:

    -Policy solutions vs. social solutions

    -The issue with JD/MBAs

    -The First Amendment and the Israel-Hamas war

    -Ethics among lawyers

    -Congressional review of judicial review

    -Exclusionary rules

    -Legal career changes

    -Dworkinism

    -Get a lawyer

    -Civil asset forfeiture

    -Most accurate legal procedural


    Show notes:

    -McKay Coppins interview

    -AO episode with David's plumbing experience

    -AO episode on progressive legal philosophy

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    Biden's Coercive Social Media Tactics Oct 24, 2023
    Show notes

    Sidney Powell may be the best lawyer ever, SCOTUS might finally have a tech term, and David’s humble brag didn’t get past anyone. Sarah and David fly through a mix bag of legal topics including:

    -Presidents coercing social media platforms

    -Plea deals from fraudsters

    -“Cheese-bro”

    -David brings up trans issues

    -Sarah brings up feminism

    -Law firms dealing with “unlawful” affirmative action practices and fellowships

    -A gun case

    -ANOTHER gun case (but with ghosts, kind of)

    -Employment division triggers David

    -And...pot-smoking generations

    Show Notes

    -Bong Hits 4 Jesus

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    High Feminism and Lessons from Battlestar Galactica Oct 19, 2023
    Show notes

    Live from the University of Virginia and before a strangely happy group of law students, Sarah and David cover a range of topics from a convicted rapper who blames AI, disruptions at the Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit becoming the new Ninth Circuit, and ethics with Amy (Justice Barrett). The hosts then take a series of questions from UVA students. God blesses this podcast.

    -Does Sarah know her husband's phone number?

    -AI briefs and ineffective counsel

    -SC justices interrupting female attorneys

    -Justice Barrett's opinion on SC ethics

    -Relationships on the court

    -Fifth Circuit is the new Ninth

    -Empirical SCOTUS

    -If the SC adopts a code of ethics, what should it be?

    -Consequentialism, institutionalism, and other ism's

    -What SC topics will motivate voters going forward?

    -Why is the court not interested in nationwide injunctions?


    Show notes:

    -Josh Gerstein reporting on Fugees' trial

    -Fugees Trial Motion

    -Cert grant for Chevron doctrine

    -Supreme Court justices interrupt female attorneys more often than men

    -Justice Barrett on ethics

    -NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton

    -CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited

    -SEC v. Jarkesy

    -Campos-Chaves v Garland

    -West Point Affirmative Action lawsuit

    -City of Philidelphia v. Fulton

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    Not the Trump Apologist Podcast Oct 17, 2023
    Show notes

    What do the 6th, 9th, and 11th circuit all have in common? Well, they're all part of this episode's circuit palooza! But don't fret, there's also:

    -One city manager's revenge

    -a gag order for a former president

    -David makes Sarah regret asking the difference between a clip and a magazine

    -California’s magazine ban has no likelihood of success

    -There’s levels of scrutiny to this

    -Sarah’s judicial writing crushes

    -a listener's question!

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    Cancel Culture and the Anti-Semitism Rot in Universities Oct 12, 2023
    Show notes

    Sarah and David return to their regularly scheduled Supreme Court programming, specifically to a racial gerrymandering case out of South Carolina (Sarah has copious notes). The two also have a lot to say about the insanity coming out of elite law schools. But first David revisits law of war to explain the international rules of siege warfare. Then:

    -Supreme Court justices speaking statistics

    -Non-justiciable gerrymandering

    -Bonkers law student statements

    -Some cancel culture clarity

    -Ideological hot houses at elite institutions

    -Harmonizing grace and morality


    Show notes:

    -Term statistics (2023)

    -South Carolina gerrymandering case

    -Rucho v. Common Cause

    -Allen v. Milligan

    -John Oliver talks Franklin, TN mayoral race

    -Chicago BLM chapter comments on Israel-Hamas war

    -Harvard students comment on Israel-Hamas war

    -David French: Difference between Kaepernick and Barr

    -GWU students comment on Israel-Hamas war

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    Law of War Oct 10, 2023
    Show notes

    Israel declares war on Hamas after the terrorist organization murders hundreds of civilians. But now, with Israel already carrying out attacks in Gaza, things are about to get litigious. David French analyses the meanings and implications of the Law of War and debates Sarah Isgur whether International Law is even a thing. Plus if you want to hear David explain the moral dimension of war law, join The Skiff for a short impromptu follow up discussion.

    -Military tribunals

    -Ukraine/Russia comparison

    -The complicated, interesting, and weird details of the Acheson Hotel case

    -Mootness versus standing doctrines in the CFBP case

    Show Notes:

    -Urban Warfare Project by John Spencer

    -Law of Land Warfare

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    -Choose which device you prefer to listen on (Mac, iOS, Android…).

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    -Select The Skiff.

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    Note: If your preferred podcast player asks you to subscribe by RSS feed you’ll need to copy and paste a URL link. To get that link, go back to the menu with all of the options to subscribe (the page with all of the player logos), scroll to the bottom, and copy the link you see there. Then, go back to your player and paste it in the field.

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    Lisa, Sarah, and Sarah (and David) Oct 05, 2023
    Show notes

    Are you ready for this? Partners at Williams and Connolly Lisa Blatt and Sarah Harris share what it was like to argue before Justice Antonin Scalia, the pros and cons of careerism, the hunger for victory, the dangers of wearing cowboy boots in court, and why life is just a never-ending series of tradeoffs. Also:

    -Texas Sarah vs Tennessee Sarah

    -Justice Ginsburg's tip for arguing before the Supreme Court

    -Different forms of originalism

    -Miffy's (mifepristone)

    -Arguing with Justice Alito

    -Women in law

    -Poor David

    -Don't follow your passions

    Show notes:

    -Lisa Blatt's page at Williams and Connolly

    -Sarah Harris' page at Williams and Connolly

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    Prof. Will Baude on Section 3, Insurrection, and Trump Oct 03, 2023
    Show notes

    Prof. William Baude joins Sarah and David to explain why he thinks Trump's actions in 2020 might be constitutionally disqualified from running for president again.

    Show notes:

    -Prof. Michael McConnell, Responding About the Fourteenth Amendment, "Insurrection," and Trump

    -The Sweep and Force of Section Three

    -AO episode about the law article

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    Guess Who's Back? (It's Sarah, Sarah's Back) Sep 28, 2023
    Show notes

    Sarah's back from her first maternity leave ever to for a live recording at Georgetown University Law School. Together with host emeritus David French, they preview the 9 most dramatic cases coming before the Supreme Court this term. Also: tips for law students and a live Q&A (at least as long as our batteries work). Here we go:-Kavanaugh didn't flip his vote (surprising few)

    -We called it (on Alabama)

    -Welcome to the South Carolina case!

    -Rahimi: The one we've been waiting for

    -Hearth and home: down with redundancies and repetitions!

    -How to clarify 'Test, History, and Tradition' to make sure bad guy loses?

    -Standing and The Great Flipping

    -Chevron rises again?

    -The antiestablishmentarian conservative

    -SEC... yes.

    -Purdue Pharma bankruptcy: can bankruptcy courts do that? (No.)

    -Sympathetic plaintiffs versus federal taxes

    -The blocking-people-on-Twitter cases

    -Tips for law school graduates

    -Questions from the audience

    Show Notes:

    -District of Columbia v. Heller

    -Quick Facts on Felons in Possession of a Firearm (Section 922(g))

    -Miles Law

    -Arlene’s Flowers


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    The Grievances Podcast Sep 26, 2023
    Show notes

    The David and David show closes out with a First Amendment send-off. They discuss:

    -A fifth circuit case involving racist accusations and the well-known Journal of Schenkerian Studies

    -Book People versus Texas Laws Written in Crayon

    -A student organization’s fight for drag queens on campus

    -Balancing freedom of speech and explicit content

    Show Notes:

    -Yascha Mounk for The Atlantic: Stop Firing the Innocent

    -Federal Circuit order suspending Judge Newman

    -David Lat's Original Jurisdiction news roundup


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