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.
Birthright Citizenship Oral Arguments
66 hours 40 mins; April 01, 2026
In Mourning for the DOJ | Interview: Chris Christie
77 hours 9 mins; March 31, 2026
Mail-In Ballot Deadlines Challenged in Court
56 mins; March 26, 2026
You Can’t Preach Jesus Here | Interview: Judge Rebecca Taibleson
69 hours 23 mins; March 24, 2026
Will Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants End?
76 hours 11 mins; March 19, 2026
Judge Gets Vulgar in Transgender Spa Case
68 hours 0 mins; March 17, 2026
Supreme Court Justices Spar Publicly
54 mins; March 12, 2026
What Are the Liberties Not in the Constitution?
65 hours 14 mins; March 10, 2026
Can Marijuana Users Be Barred from Owning Guns?
66 hours 32 mins; March 05, 2026
Trump Bypasses Congress on Iran
89 hours 7 mins; March 03, 2026
The Immunity Episode
64 hours 42 mins; February 26, 2026
What’s Next After Friday’s Tariff Decision?
74 hours 50 mins; February 24, 2026
Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs
47 mins; February 20, 2026
Justice Alito’s Next Moves
63 hours 59 mins; February 19, 2026
Naw Dawg to the DOJ
60 hours 24 mins; February 12, 2026
Will SCOTUS Show Its True Colors?
64 hours 21 mins; February 10, 2026
Quasi-Hypotheticals
66 hours 33 mins; February 05, 2026
Blaming the Judiciary
63 hours 38 mins; February 03, 2026
What’s Next for TikTok
59 mins; January 29, 2026
Analyzing ICE Shootings
61 hours 23 mins; January 27, 2026
Is Lisa Cooked?
61 hours 9 mins; January 22, 2026
Vampire Rules and The Satanic Temple
74 hours 59 mins; January 20, 2026
Must and May
73 hours 11 mins; January 15, 2026
The Conservative Warren Court of Today
71 hours 25 mins; January 13, 2026
Supremacy Clause Immunity, Explained
64 hours 22 mins; January 09, 2026
Prosecuting Foreign Leaders
57 mins; January 08, 2026
The Legality of U.S. Operations in Venezuela
58 mins; January 06, 2026
Merry Christmas to the State Courts
63 hours 52 mins; December 25, 2025
The Right-Wing Shake-Up
65 hours 33 mins; December 23, 2025
Political Distortions
60 hours 26 mins; December 18, 2025
Burkeanism and the Administrative State
81 hours 41 mins; December 16, 2025
The Illusion of Campaign Finance Reform
69 hours 57 mins; December 11, 2025
Slaughter at SCOTUS: Reaganite Ends by Roosevelt Means
72 hours 14 mins; December 08, 2025
All About Slaughter
74 hours 20 mins; December 04, 2025
‘Kill Everybody’
72 hours 36 mins; December 02, 2025
The Future of the Administrative State | Interview: Adam White
66 hours 21 mins; November 27, 2025
Case Against Comey Dismissed
73 hours 58 mins; November 25, 2025
The Dissent Heard Around the World
79 hours 57 mins; November 19, 2025
Did Congress Stretch the Commerce Clause Too Far? | Interview: Jonathan Karl
76 hours 17 mins; November 18, 2025
Everyone Needs to Stay in Their Lane
67 hours 52 mins; November 13, 2025
The Federalist Society Takes a Stand
73 hours 17 mins; November 11, 2025
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Trump’s Tariff Case
69 hours 47 mins; November 05, 2025
Trump’s Tariff Showdown
68 hours 32 mins; November 04, 2025
All About Substantive Due Process
60 hours 28 mins; October 30, 2025
Firing Squad vs. Suffocation
59 mins; October 28, 2025
Bad Man Smokes Weed Doctrine
67 hours 43 mins; October 23, 2025
Euphemisms, Political Speech, and the First Amendment
53 mins; October 21, 2025
Vindictive Prosecutions
59 mins; October 16, 2025
The Future of Free Speech
46 mins; October 14, 2025
Conversion Therapy and Free Speech
66 hours 19 mins; October 09, 2025
Conversion Therapy and Free Speech
69 hours 26 mins; October 09, 2025
SCOTUS Long Conference and 'Insecure Originalists'
69 hours 26 mins; October 07, 2025
BONUS | Judge Patrick Bumatay Interviews Justice Amy Coney Barrett
58 mins; October 04, 2025
The Supreme Court’s Upcoming Term
55 mins; October 02, 2025
Selective Prosecutions
46 mins; September 30, 2025
Dorm Room Originalism
69 hours 58 mins; September 25, 2025
The Fall of Affirmative Action | Interview: Justin Driver
57 mins; September 23, 2025
The Oldest Constitutional Question | Interview: Richard Primus
70 hours 6 mins; September 18, 2025
Superhighways of Foreign Influence
59 mins; September 16, 2025
Congress Won’t Contradict Trump
65 hours 31 mins; September 11, 2025
Listening to a Justice | Interview: Justice Amy Coney Barrett
65 hours 48 mins; September 09, 2025
Free Speech and ‘The Executive Power’ | FIRE Crossover
76 hours 26 mins; September 04, 2025
When Flag Burning Becomes a Crime | Interview: Sanford and Cynthia Levinson
59 mins; August 28, 2025
Political Retribution? | Interview: Saikrishna Prakash
60 hours 13 mins; August 26, 2025
Are Age Verification Laws Constitutional?
54 mins; August 21, 2025
Federalizing D.C. | Live From the Alaska Federal Bar Association
63 hours 14 mins; August 19, 2025
Hookers and Kushners | Interview: Chris Christie
59 mins; August 14, 2025
Abraham Lincoln, Originalist | Interview: Akhil Amar
58 mins; August 12, 2025
Drive-By Rulings | Interview: J. Joel Alicea
65 hours 16 mins; August 07, 2025
Getting Into Law School | Interview: Miriam Ingber and Kristi Jobson
