Advisory Opinions
The Dispatch
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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May 4, 2020 • 1h 9min
Our Lady of Guadalupe Goes Supreme
David and Sarah discuss the Supreme Court's first day of oral arguments via teleconference, preview the court's May calendar, get the latest in the U.S. women's soccer team's equal pay lawsuit, and preview Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru.Show Notes:-Supreme Court's May argument calendar-Feds, Northam spar over Virginia stay-at-home order’s impact on churches-District Court opinion dismissing U.S. women's soccer equal pay claim -All the briefs to the Supreme Court in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru-2012 Hosanna-Tabor Supreme Court opinion-“It’s after 6. What am I, a farmer?”
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May 1, 2020 • 1h 3min
The Flynn Saga
David and Sarah discuss the latest after Michael Flynn’s defense claims FBI notes show agents tried to entrap him, the viability of third-parties as Justin Amash flirts with running for president, and some legal news updates.
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Apr 27, 2020 • 1h 5min
Smothered and Covered
David and Sarah discuss the latest polls looking at the 2020 election, the Supreme Court's decision to dismiss a New York gun rights case, and talk with Steven Lehotsky, of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, about how businesses are dealing with liability as they make plans to reopen.
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Apr 24, 2020 • 1h 3min
Queso Burro
Supreme Court opinions, the president's immigration executive order, homeschooling controversies, and the longterm cultural effects of coronavirus. David and Sarah have thoughts.
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Apr 20, 2020 • 1h 15min
Showing a Little Ankle
David and Sarah discuss the Supreme Court's decision in Ramos v. Louisiana that held that the Constitution requires unanimous jury verdicts for convictions in criminal cases, a federal court's decision that upheld Michigan's independent redistricting commissions, and David responds to comments on his Sunday newsletter.
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Apr 17, 2020 • 58min
The Mostly Meaningless Podcast
Wisconsin primary results, regulatory taking in Pennsylvania, adjournment clause, 2020 veepstakes, and much more. David and Sarah have thoughts.
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Apr 14, 2020 • 1h 2min
Cut to Black
David and Sarah discuss the sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden, the president's tweet about who has the power to "open up" the economy, a federal judge's ruling that a Kentucky church can conduct Easter drive-in service, and The Sopranos.
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Apr 9, 2020 • 58min
Voting in a Pandemic
Rachel Kleinfeld, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, joins David and Sarah to discuss how you pull off an election during a pandemic. Rachel makes the case for why states need to start thinking about how coronavirus may impact November now, and expand absentee voting and drive-thru voting.
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Apr 6, 2020 • 60min
You Magnificent Bastard
A captain is fired after a letter detailing the Navy's failures in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak is leaked. The intelligence community inspector general is fired for his role in the Ukraine matter. Queen Elizabeth II gives a rare address to the United Kingdom. David and Sarah have thoughts.
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Apr 2, 2020 • 58min
Beyond Originalism?
David and Sarah discuss the political ramifications of the coronavirus outbreak, Adrian Vermeule's essay on originalism, and what conservatives get wrong about masculinity.
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