With Donald Trump’s second term in full swing, Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith joins Sarah Isgur and David French to discuss the unitary executive theory. Also: We need to discuss law reviews.

The Agenda:

—Unitary executive theory

—President Trump’s sledgehammer

—Congressional oversight no more?

—The Take Care clause

—Interstate tariff prohibitions

—Student-led law reviews: good or bad?

—Expert explains cowrie shells

Show Notes:

—Trump v. United States

—South Dakota v. Wayfair

—Professor Eric Rakowski's profile

—Tuesday's Advisory Opinions episode

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss a case before the Supreme Court that challenges the Moment of Threat Doctrine. They predict concurrences all the way down.

The Agenda:

—Are police reasonable in high-stress situations?

—The youngins’ are advocating

—Dicta and slut puppies

—OPM, Oh No

—Justice Jackson’s fashion choices

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the encroaching powers of the executive branch and what it means for the balance of government.

The Agenda:

—Teaching sex in elementary school

—It really is those darn phones!

—WTF David

—Trump takes office

—DOGE violating FACA

—Trump's executive orders

—Vivek’s out of DOGE

—Biden pardons criminals, some really not good ones

—What is the American dream?

Show Notes:

—United States v. Wong Kim Ark

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David French makes his long-awaited return to Catholic University of America after thatincident for a live Advisory Opinions taping with Sarah Isgur and two special guests: Joel Alicea, director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and Trevor McFadden, a district court judge for the U.S. District Court for D.C.

The Agenda:

—A Jewish joke then a Catholic joke ...

—Constitutional law is now mandatory?

—Breaking down the originalist court

—Learning corpus linguistics

—Law school incentives and Top 14 schools

—Satan v. United States? David?

—Can anyone explain transactional law?

—Q&A

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David French and Sarah Isgur come at you on this Friday evening to enumerate the absurdities of the TikTok ban-or-sale discourse following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the law, a plangent (and perhaps futile) homage to Congress actually doing its job.

Plus: Biden “ratifies” the Equal Rights Amendment and Sarah loses it.

Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Sarah’s Collision newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here.

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Is limiting access to porn a free speech violation? Sarah Isgur and David French discuss that question following oral arguments in Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton.

The Agenda:

—Best argument of the term

—Does context protect a lie?

—Burden of proof in age verification laws

—Project Veritas and press freedom

—Breaking down the Laken Riley Act

Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Sarah’s Collision newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here.

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Sarah Isgur and David French record live at George Washington University covering the Alito-Trump phone call and new challenges to explicit content age-verification laws.

The Agenda:

—Justice Alito's phone call with Trump

—False statements case

—Challenges to Texas' age-verification law

—Constitutionality of ID laws

—Title IX and Chevron

—Questions from GWU students

Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Sarah’s Collision newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here.

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In a special emergency recording, Sarah Isgur and David French react to today’s oral argument in TikTok v. Garland.

The Agenda:

—Tiers of scrutiny

—What is TikTok?

—Content creators’ First Amendment rights

—The data sharing argument

—Can SCOTUS punt to Trump?

—Cases of the new Cold War

Show Notes:

—How TikTok Reads Your Mind

Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Sarah’s Collision newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here.

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Today’s podcast is all about the antis: anti-SLAPP, anti-masking, anti-indoctrination, anti-retaliation, and anti-corruption. But before all that, Sarah Isgur and David French kick things off with the latest news on President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York criminal trial.

The Agenda:

—Does Donald Trump have citizen-plus status?

—David is somewhat of a SLAPP expert

—Does Arkansas care for LEARNS?

—Is face-masking protected?

—Free Speech timeline

—Campaign finance changes in Oxnard

—Cyberbullying, harrassment, and student council drama

Join us for a live taping of Advisory Opinions! Sarah Isgur and David French will be speaking in front of live audiences on Monday, January 13, 2024. You have two chances to catch them if you live in the DMV area. Details below:

Catholic University of America

CUA Columbus School of Law

3600 John McCormack Road NE

Washington, D.C. 20017

Room 205, main floor

12:30 P.M. ET

George Washington University

2000 H Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20052

Burns Moot Court Room

3:15 P.M. ET

Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Sarah’s Collision newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here.

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the anticipated TikTok oral argument taking place this Friday. Are we in content-neutral law land or are we veering off into strict-scrutiny world? And yes, there will be an emergency episode following the argument.

The Agenda:

—TikTok's pro-China algorithm

—Mitch says no to TikTok

—Donald Trump, FARA, and the First Amendment

—Justice Roberts' Year-End Report

—Sixth Circuit strikes down net neutrality

—Goodbye, Fani

—It's impropriety

—Morgan Wallen can keep his name

—David nerds out

Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Sarah’s Collision newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here.

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Have you done your assigned reading? Because Sarah Isgur and David French are joined by Judges Charles Eskridge and Brantley Starr to take us to law school. Specifically, a class on the origins of the federal constitution.

The Agenda:

—Why it matters

—The Founders’ Constitution

—The Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights

—The origins of “rights”

—Positive vs. negative rights

—The legacy of “witch hunts”

—The anti-federalists

—The argument against a Bill of Rights

—Civic engagement

Show Notes (assigned reading):

—Origins Part 1

—Origins Part 2

—Origins Part 7

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