Advisory Opinions is a new podcast from The Dispatch. Hosts David French and Sarah Isgur have a weekly conversation about the law, culture, and why it matters.
465 episodes transcribedStanford Law School students want to have it both ways on speech rights, which means you get to enjoy a firey sequel to Tuesday's epic, infinity-long...
By now you've probably heard about Judge Duncan's bad day at Stanford Law School. No worries if not, because this Marvel-length special episode will l...
David and Sarah are coming to you from live from the University of Kentucky answering the most pressing legal questions: -Is wokeism a religion? -Can...
The saga continues with an episode that really should come with its own trigger warning for being just too sexy. Take a deep breath… -Safe spaces of y...
Are you ready for a MOHELA good time? Sarah and David try to read the tea leaves as SCOTUS scrutinizes Biden's student loan forgiveness and the future...
Podcast-skeptic Judge Neomi Rao joins Sarah and David on the sidelines of the National Constitution Center’s Conference to talk circuit decisions, car...
Judgmental looks. Angry scoffs and murmurs. Maybe even kicks at your back. All because you dared to recline your airplane seat. But isn't it your righ...
Former VP Mike Pence is challenging a special counsel subpoena. David and Sarah look into the “speech or debate” clause cited by his defense team and...
Ron DeSantis wants to make open and slacken up national libel laws and, as always, it gets complicated. Sarah and (host emeritus) David try to help ou...
Friend of the pod David Lat challenges Sarah and frequent-guest David to think through the implications of different types of anonymous speech. Where...
In an episode dedicated to our most reasonable and law-abiding listeners, Sarah and David examine a Fifth Circuit's ruling that took the Bruen test to...
Face to face at last, The One And Only Host Sarah Isgur and Untitled Tennessean David French exchange rants about NY prosecutors' untested legal theor...
Have you been feeling too optimistic about the state of free speech recently? Don’t worry! For AO’s 300th episode (!), Sarah and David wade through so...
Honor, thy name is the Pence staffer who found classified documents and resisted the urge to accidentally let them slip into a shredder. In addition t...
If somebody understands the challenges of appointing special counsels, it's Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. He joins Advisory Opinions to talk...
The Supreme Court saves the day (or at least, this episode) with a slew of last-minute cert grants. A consolidated immigration case; a legal battle be...
As they consider the meaning of Robert Hur’s appointment as Special Counsel, Sarah and David cast a wish to the universe that top officials be held ac...
Following Sarah's personal tribute to the incomparable Will Consovoy, Sarah and David wade through the news about Biden's mishandling of classified do...
We got some exquisite First and Second Amendment content for you today. David and Sarah discuss a Fifth Circuit decision to strike down the Trump admi...
In this first episode of the new year, Sarah and David bring a smorgasbord of topics to the table. They cut through the confusion in the legal battle...
