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 wi...
Sarah Isgur and David French discuss Chief Justice John Roberts’ recent rebuke of President Donald Trump and the proper way to criticize a court’s opinion.
The Agenda:
—Judicial independence and integrity
—Orin Kerr and Michael C. Dorf debate
—The “confusing” McDonnell Douglas framework
—Parental due process rights
—Age restrictions on the 2A
—Free speech for professors
—SCOTUS’ lottery system
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1:13:07
Is Trump Going to War Against the Rule of Law?
In this less-than-cheerful episode, Sarah Isgur and David French discuss threats to the judiciary external and internal, exploring the Trump administration’s legal maneuvers against law firms and drawing parallels to historical events like the Alien and Sedition Acts.
The Agenda:
—SCOTUS Update: All B cases
—A judge’s gamesmanship on birthright citizenship
—Leave Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s sister alone
—Paul, Weiss and Trump’s threats to the rule of law
—Venezuelans are being deported
—Defying TROs
—Integralism rears its ugly head
Show Notes:
—Chief Justice John Roberts early tenure interview in The Atlantic
—Sarah’s op-ed for the New York Times
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1:55:42
Humphrey’s Executor
Live from the University of Michigan, Sarah Isgur and David French are joined by law professors Josh Chafetz, Aaron Nielson, Jennifer Mascott, and other special guests, to explain Humphrey's Executor and the executive power of removal.
The Agenda:
—Myers v. United States
—Humphrey's Executor v. United States
—Peekaboo
—The “illimitable power of removal”
—Was Madison right about “liquidation”?
—Congressional accountability
—Civil service reform
—Justice Barrett
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1:01:44
Can Trump Deport Hamas-Supporting Students?
Between President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting Perkins Coie and interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin sending letters to Georgetown Law, it has been quite the week for weaponized government. Sarah Isgur and David French dive into these two headliners, as well as a First Amendment debate involving green card holders.
The Agenda:
—More Sarah lore: Combative hula-hooping
—Perkins Coie and President Trump's executive orders
—FIRE's response to the Trump administration's threat to deport anti-Israel protesters
—Eugene Volokh's fact sheet on aliens and speech
—Another letter
—‘We’re a Jesuit, school go to hell’
—Smith & Wesson v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos
—Justice Amy Coney Barrett vs. MAGA
—EPA and San Francisco's sewage waste
—Richard Glossip avoids death row ... again
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1:18:33
The $2 Billion Dollar Case
David Stras, appeals judge for the 8th Circuit, joins Sarah Isgur and David French at the University of Chicago Law School to discuss complexities of case selection in the Supreme Court, the quality and clarity of judicial opinions, and disagreements with Justice Clarence Thomas.
The Agenda:
—Recent SCOTUS cases
—Supreme Court denies Trump request
—SCOTUS kicks bias response teams
—Judge Stras' background from Holocaust survivor grandparents
—Decline in Supreme Court cases
—Cert pool theory
—Professionalization of justices has changed the landscape of the court
—Post-Rahimi decision-making
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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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