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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Episodes (637)
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Trump’s Tariff Case
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Trump’s Tariff Showdown
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All About Substantive Due Process
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Firing Squad vs. Suffocation
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Bad Man Smokes Weed Doctrine
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Euphemisms, Political Speech, and the First Amendment
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Vindictive Prosecutions
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The Future of Free Speech
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Conversion Therapy and Free Speech
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SCOTUS Long Conference and 'Insecure Originalists'
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BONUS | Judge Patrick Bumatay Interviews Justice Amy Coney Barrett
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The Supreme Court’s Upcoming Term
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Selective Prosecutions
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Dorm Room Originalism
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The Fall of Affirmative Action | Interview: Justin Driver
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The Oldest Constitutional Question | Interview: Richard Primus
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Superhighways of Foreign Influence
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Congress Won’t Contradict Trump
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Listening to a Justice | Interview: Justice Amy Coney Barrett
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Free Speech and ‘The Executive Power’ | FIRE Crossover
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When Flag Burning Becomes a Crime | Interview: Sanford and Cynthia Levinson
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Political Retribution? | Interview: Saikrishna Prakash
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Are Age Verification Laws Constitutional?
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Federalizing D.C. | Live From the Alaska Federal Bar Association
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Hookers and Kushners | Interview: Chris Christie
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Abraham Lincoln, Originalist | Interview: Akhil Amar
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Drive-By Rulings | Interview: J. Joel Alicea
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Getting Into Law School | Interview: Miriam Ingber and Kristi Jobson
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Guns, Gays, and Birthright Citizenship
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Will Ghislaine Maxwell Split the Circuits?
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Separation Anxiety: Courts and Congress
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Signing Away Constitutionality
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An Inconsequential Term?
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Educating the Youth
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Blockbuster Cases
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State Power vs. Parental Rights
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SCOTUS 2025 Term Debrief
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Justice Kagan’s Supreme Court
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SCOTUS Sides with Trump
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Ruling Against Planned Parenthood
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Hubris in Legal Movements
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Skrmetti and Certiorari
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Unprovoked War
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Right To Sue the Feds
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Liberal Justices, Conservative Outcomes
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Abundance Judges
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Tariff-ic Meltdowns
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Dead Man Walking Precedent
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You’re Wrong About Originalism
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A Charge on Gettysburg
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