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Since Dec 2019
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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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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Can Transgender People Serve in the Military?

Jun 12, 2026 1h 8m

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the three SCOTUS decisions that dropped Thursday morning,  a D.C. Circuit decision on President Donald Trump's ban on transgender military members, and…

Counting Down the Supreme Court Term

Jun 09, 2026 58m

Sarah Isgur and David French look at what’s left on the docket from this term before diving into a little Los Angeles mayoral politics.  The Agenda: –Supreme Court bingo –Do Rastafarians get…

Getting Out of the Redistricting Business

Jun 05, 2026 57m

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the Supreme Court’s Alabama redistricting decision, a plea deal from the former national security adviser, and the best legal movies ever made. The Agenda: –⁠June…

President Trump’s Losing Streak

Jun 02, 2026 1h 2m

Sarah Isgur and David French (he returns!) discuss the major Trump losses—Kennedy Center name change, motion on Trump v. IRS, and injunction on the slush fund—before reviewing scrutiny of the court…

District Map Fights Before the 2026 Midterms

May 29, 2026 1h 17m

David Lat joins Sarah Isgur (see ya later, French) to discuss the three-judge panel overturning Alabama’s congressional maps, a new lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s slush fund, and a lying…

SCOTUS Through the Decades | Interview: Nina Totenberg

May 26, 2026 1h 10m

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss an anticlimactic dig from the Supreme Court over IQ tests and the death penalty and challenges to the $1.8 billion slush fund President Donald Trump created on…

All the Things Wrong with Trump’s Billion-Dollar Fund

May 21, 2026 1h 7m

Sarah Isgur and David French analyze President Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund through the lens of three legal “buckets,” and talk about how federal appropriations work and…

Let’s Sue the Government

May 19, 2026 1h 2m

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the IRS lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump, SCOTUS’s mifepristone decision, and a unanimous verdict from the justices that no one except Sarah cares…

SCOTUS Clears Way for Alabama to Use Congressional Map

May 14, 2026 57m

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the emergency docket ruling from SCOTUS on Alabama’s congressional maps, which broke down over three-justice ideological lines, Virginia’s filing (yes, they did…

The TED Talk Heard ‘Round the World

May 12, 2026 1h 7m

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the Virginia State Supreme Court striking down the state’s new congressional maps, Neal Katyal’s TED talk that we don’t want to talk about, and David plays a fun…

Congress Did Something!

May 07, 2026 58m

Welcome to Callais-a-palooza, where Sarah Isgur and David French discuss Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court decision that struck down Lousiana's congressional map and allows Louisiana to draw a…

Justice Alito Stays Ruling on Abortion Pill by Mail

May 05, 2026 1h 18m

Justice Samuel Alito allows medical companies to continue administering the abortion pill Mifepristone after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered for it to be dispensed only in person. Sarah…

Gutting the Voting Rights Act | Interview: Judge Roy K. Altman

Apr 30, 2026 1h 24m

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the decision in a racially challenged redistricting map case, weird indictments, and whether Israel is guilty of genocide. The Agenda:–No one consulted the chief…

Arguing In Front of SCOTUS | Interview: Lisa Blatt

Apr 28, 2026 1h 15m

The inimitable Lisa Blatt joins Sarah Isgur and David French to discuss the two business docket cases named Cox and Chevron, a message to the judges and justices who like concurrences, and advice for…

Overturning Religious Precedent

Apr 23, 2026 1h 28m

Will the Supreme Court overturn religious precedent in the case of a Catholic preschool challenging its exclusion from a Colorado “universal preschool” program? Should the Supreme Court care about…

The Chief Justice Didn’t Hate President Obama | Interview: Gov. Kevin Stitt

Apr 21, 2026 1h 9m

Sarah Isgur and David French push back against the New York Times ⁠reporting⁠ on the birth of the shadow docket, discuss Justice Sotomayor’s apology after criticizing him in personal terms during a…

There Is No Historic Defeat for Civil Rights

Apr 16, 2026 1h 4m

Sarah Isgur, on a whirlwind booktour, takes a break to deliver the legal goods with David French. The two discuss a Washington Post piece on civil rights data during the Trump era, Chiles v. Salazar,…

Sotomayor vs. Kavanaugh?

Apr 14, 2026 1h 2m

Sarah Isgur and David French revisit Stephen Colbert’s favorite case, take a look at a rare biting word about Justice Brett Kavanaugh from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and dive into a circuit court…

Trump’s ‘War Crimes’

Apr 09, 2026 1h 8m

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss President Donald Trump’s rhetoric over Iran, what constitutes a war crime, and what happens if a military officer fails to obey an order or regulation. The…

You’re Fired, Pam Bondi

Apr 07, 2026 1h 9m

Pam Bondi is no longer attorney general, Steve Bannon’s case is sent back to lower courts, and the Chiles decision on conversion therapy becomes nonpartisan.The Agenda:—Pam Bondi’s disastrous…

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