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.
The Collision Is Coming
57 mins; April 17, 2025
The Rights of Deportees
57 mins; April 10, 2025
🚨 Trump (Kind Of) Wins On Alien Enemies Act
41 mins; April 08, 2025
Justice Barrett's RICO Revolution
87 hours 8 mins; April 08, 2025
Evangelizing vs. Proselytizing
62 hours 25 mins; April 03, 2025
Aliens and Enemies
70 hours 34 mins; April 01, 2025
Second Amendment v. Ghost Gun Ban
84 hours 58 mins; March 27, 2025
Betrayal of the Law Firms
72 hours 25 mins; March 25, 2025
Do You Have ‘Parental Rights’?
70 hours 7 mins; March 20, 2025
Is Trump Going to War Against the Rule of Law?
111 hours 42 mins; March 18, 2025
Humphrey’s Executor
58 mins; March 13, 2025
Can Trump Deport Hamas-Supporting Students?
75 hours 33 mins; March 11, 2025
The $2 Billion Dollar Case
67 hours 25 mins; March 06, 2025
Rod Rosenstein and Robert Hur Talk Special Counsels
66 hours 31 mins; March 04, 2025
Origins: From Kings to Executives
72 hours 36 mins; February 27, 2025
The Hallway Interviews
79 hours 50 mins; February 25, 2025
Friends With DOJ Benefits
67 hours 55 mins; February 20, 2025
Are Trump's Friends Above the Law?
61 hours 50 mins; February 17, 2025
Lawless or Just Unwise?
56 mins; February 14, 2025
Hiding in the Proverbial Attic
68 hours 14 mins; February 11, 2025
Can Churches Commit Fraud?
58 mins; February 06, 2025
You’re Fired
78 hours 19 mins; February 04, 2025
The Great and Powerful President
63 hours 25 mins; January 30, 2025
Officer-Created Danger
58 mins; January 28, 2025
Trump's Executive Orders
87 hours 43 mins; January 23, 2025
Law Schools vs. Conservative Scholars
62 hours 40 mins; January 21, 2025
TikTok Decision Emergency Pod
58 mins; January 17, 2025
On Porn and Paxton
56 mins; January 16, 2025
Trump Sentencing at the Supreme Court: Live at GWU
66 hours 59 mins; January 14, 2025
What's Next for TikTok?
50 mins; January 10, 2025
The Anti-Episode
55 mins; January 09, 2025
Are PysOps Free Speech?
70 hours 26 mins; January 07, 2025
Origins of the Federal Constitution
89 hours 27 mins; December 24, 2024
Tick Tock, TikTok,
79 hours 32 mins; December 19, 2024
Southern Squabbles
76 hours 5 mins; December 17, 2024
Shooting Down the Spirit of Aloha
76 hours 30 mins; December 12, 2024
Can Tennessee Ban Transgender Care for Minors?
77 hours 51 mins; December 10, 2024
What's an Invasion?
70 hours 18 mins; December 05, 2024
Pardoning Hunter
59 mins; December 03, 2024
DOGE v. The Administrative State
71 hours 33 mins; November 26, 2024
In Dicta We Trust
71 hours 10 mins; November 19, 2024
The Trump Picks ... So Far | Roundtable
69 hours 8 mins; November 15, 2024
Live From The Dispatch Summit: Judge James Ho
67 hours 16 mins; November 14, 2024
Give Me Back That Ring, Cupcake
61 hours 5 mins; November 12, 2024
The Law Under Trump
54 mins; November 07, 2024
God and Guns, Once Again
72 hours 16 mins; November 05, 2024
The Purge
67 hours 12 mins; October 31, 2024
Packing the Federal Courts
62 hours 27 mins; October 29, 2024
Is Elon Musk's Million Dollar Raffle Legal?
56 mins; October 24, 2024
Will This Be a Legal Disaster?
68 hours 49 mins; October 22, 2024
Bush v. Gore, Explained
97 hours 3 mins; October 17, 2024
Gun Salad Kits (Live at Columbia University)
77 hours 24 mins; October 15, 2024
Israel's Legal Responsibilities in War (Live at Duke University)
89 hours 45 mins; October 10, 2024
Supreme Court Showdowns and October Surprises
71 hours 8 mins; October 08, 2024
The Supreme Court Is Legitimate, Actually
46 mins; October 03, 2024
Indicting Eric Adams
63 hours 4 mins; October 01, 2024
Missouri Executes Marcellus Williams
75 hours 14 mins; September 26, 2024
The Legality of Israel’s Beeper Attack
70 hours 43 mins; September 24, 2024
Princeton Couldn’t Handle Us
64 hours 10 mins; September 19, 2024
Did a Justice Leak to the New York Times?
69 hours 57 mins; September 17, 2024
Revisiting 3-3-3
59 mins; September 12, 2024
Prosecuting the Parent of a School Shooter
70 hours 35 mins; September 10, 2024
Free Speech vs. the Algorithm
64 hours 55 mins; September 05, 2024
Unity Is Dead, Long Live the Union
78 hours 56 mins; August 29, 2024
A Christian Case for Criminal Justice Reform
74 hours 2 mins; August 27, 2024
Fixing the Supreme Court
64 hours 55 mins; August 22, 2024
Would You Like a Musket to Go With Your Latte?
71 hours 36 mins; August 20, 2024
Bob Bauer Still Thinks Robert Hur Was Wrong
92 hours 23 mins; August 15, 2024
How to Disagree
91 hours 19 mins; August 13, 2024
Thoughts and Feelings on Maryland’s Assault Rifle Ban
56 mins; August 08, 2024
Should Academic Freedom Be a Constitutional Right?
79 hours 1 min; August 06, 2024
If You Really Want Judicial Ethics Reform…
70 hours 40 mins; August 01, 2024
Progressivism and Eugenics in the Court of Justice Holmes
65 hours 2 mins; July 30, 2024
Can Kamala Take the Money … Legally?
56 mins; July 25, 2024
Lobotomizing the DOJ
72 hours 6 mins; July 18, 2024
INDICTMENT WATCH: Judge Cannon's Bonkers-Adjacent Decision to Dismiss Trump's Case
39 mins; July 16, 2024
The Assassination Attempt
61 hours 18 mins; July 15, 2024
‘Who Has the Pen?’
73 hours 16 mins; July 12, 2024
Is ‘Text, History, and Tradition’ Alive and Well?
88 hours 40 mins; July 09, 2024
Winning Without Winning
115 hours 55 mins; July 04, 2024
Trump Is ‘Absolutely Immune’ ... Kind Of
64 hours 40 mins; July 01, 2024
Chevron Is Dead, Long Live Chevron
80 hours 26 mins; June 28, 2024
Supreme Court: We’re Not Santa Claus
89 hours 57 mins; June 26, 2024
Justice Stephen Breyer: Law Is Not a Science
84 hours 22 mins; June 25, 2024
Rahimi Is Here and It Is Glorious
72 hours 3 mins; June 21, 2024
Squirrley Religious Expression
63 hours 25 mins; June 20, 2024
Living Anachronism
69 hours 51 mins; June 18, 2024
The Consensus Court
81 hours 32 mins; June 14, 2024
Offensive T-Shirts Get Their Day in Court
70 hours 52 mins; June 11, 2024
The 3-3-3 Body Problem
68 hours 54 mins; June 07, 2024
Will President Biden Pardon His Son?
64 hours 10 mins; June 04, 2024
The Rights the Constitution Doesn’t Tell You About
