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Can Transgender People Serve in the Military?
Jun 12, 2026
1h 08m 53s
Counting Down the Supreme Court Term
Jun 9, 2026
58m 15s
Getting Out of the Redistricting Business
Jun 5, 2026
57m 28s
President Trump’s Losing Streak
Jun 2, 2026
1h 02m 00s
District Map Fights Before the 2026 Midterms
May 29, 2026
1h 17m 05s
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| 6/12/26 | Can Transgender People Serve in the Military? | 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 accommodations running rampant at law schools. Oh, and a federal judge charged with battery and destruction of physical property. The Agenda: –Sign up for the SCOTUSblog newsletter –We are faced with the duddiest of duds –What is estoppel? –You can only try a defendant in the district where his crime was committed –Why is a Church of the Holy Trinity reference basically a backhand? –Transgender people can serve in the military –We should get rid of accommodations for aspiring attorneys –Burden of proof: Federal judge caught in altercation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 08m 53s | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | Counting Down the Supreme Court Term | 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 religious exemptions? –The mighty small-dollar donor – United States v. Hemani –Wolford v. Lopez –Appearance of election corruption –No, a GOP candidate did not have a chance to become mayor of Los Angeles –Birthright citizenship case –Trump v. Cook: an explainer –Banning trans athletes from girls’ sports Show Notes: –Evangelicals for Mitt Order Sarah’s book here. Advisory Opinions is a production of SCOTUSblog and The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. Click here to sign up for our new Advisory Opinions newsletter, and click here to access all of The Dispatch’s offerings, including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 58m 15s | ||||||
| 6/5/26 | Getting Out of the Redistricting Business | 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 4 Opinions –Alabama’s new maps –John Bolton pleads guilty –Did the media actually get this right? –Gender and the Supreme Court’s culture –Favorite legal movies –Another round of Would You Rather! Show Notes: –The Blessings of Liberty with Jeffrey Rosen - Podcast Order Sarah’s book here. Advisory Opinions is a production of SCOTUSblog and The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. Click here to sign up for our new Advisory Opinions newsletter, and click here to access all of The Dispatch’s offerings, including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 57m 28s | ||||||
| 6/2/26 | President Trump’s Losing Streak | 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 and the swatting incident at Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s residence. The Agenda: –Sarah returns to the greatest state in the U-S-of-A –Kicking Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center –The Flight 93 problem –Trump v. IRS –Justice Barrett swatted –A Justice’s son having a job is a scandal, I guess. Order Sarah’s book here. Advisory Opinions is a production of SCOTUSblog and The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. Click here to sign up for our new Advisory Opinions newsletter, and click here to access all of The Dispatch’s offerings, including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 02m 00s | ||||||
| 5/29/26 | District Map Fights Before the 2026 Midterms | 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 Judge. The Agenda: –No redistricting according to race –Nonsense lawsuits –Dragging courts into political fights –Moving honey buns is interstate commerce –Sanction more judges? –Feeling Wicker-ty –The Arbitration Act is sexy! –Making clerks very uncomfortable Show Notes: –Pitchford v. Cain –Flowers Foods v. Brock –Rutherford v. United States –Fernandez v. United States–Wickard v. Filburn Advisory Opinions is a production of SCOTUSblog and The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. Click here to sign up for our new Advisory Opinions newsletter, and click here to access all of The Dispatch’s offerings, including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 17m 05s | ||||||
| 5/26/26 | SCOTUS Through the Decades | Interview: Nina Totenberg | 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 weaponization, and they talk with NPR's Nina Totenberg about covering the Supreme Court. The Agenda: —Hamm v. Smith —How many IQ tests does a person on death row need to take? —Who can challenge the slush fund? —James Comey as the platonic ideal plaintiff —The embarrassing DNC autopsy, and Grifter Sarah makes an appearance —Interview with Nina Totenberg Order Sarah’s book here. Advisory Opinions is a production of SCOTUSblog and The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. Click here to sign up for our new Advisory Opinions newsletter, and click here to access all of The Dispatch’s offerings, including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 10m 16s | ||||||
| 5/21/26 | All the Things Wrong with Trump’s Billion-Dollar Fund | 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 the Obama-era case that hangs over this legal issue. The two also discuss the Supreme Court’s latest cert grant on a Title IX case, plus the circuit split brewing over the First Amendment and judicial elections. The Agenda: –Court agrees to hear case on the ability of employees to bring certain suits for sex discrimination –Going through the settlement agreement, it’s practically a blank check! –Todd Blanche essentially pardons Trump’s family –‘That’s not how appropriations work.’ –Georgia Supreme Court race finishes strong Show Notes: –Chief Judge William Pryor’s opinion –Anti-Weaponization Fund –Keepseagle v. Vilsack Advisory Opinions is a production of SCOTUSblog and The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. Click here to sign up for our new Advisory Opinions newsletter, and click here to access all of The Dispatch’s offerings, including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 07m 19s | ||||||
| 5/19/26 | Let’s Sue the Government | 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 about. The Agenda: –The 1,776 slush fund –David’s ‘back in the day’ lawsuit against the Obama administration –The Bivens brick wall –Trump loses on the law but wins in the politics –Ballroom and baby steps –Is Trump the Chosen One? –Brief explainer on the Comstock Act –Court rules freight brokers can face negligent hiring suits under state law Show Notes: –Federal Defender Newsletter –Jordan v. Darrisaw Advisory Opinions is a production of SCOTUSblog and The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. Click here to sign up for our new Advisory Opinions newsletter, and click here to access all of The Dispatch’s offerings, including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 02m 36s | ||||||
| 5/14/26 | SCOTUS Clears Way for Alabama to Use Congressional Map | 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 file) at the Supreme Court, and a very special 2-1 9th Circuit panel opinion. The Agenda: –Remember Allen v. Milligan? –Central, urban bonkerstown –14th Amendment Equal Protection argument vs. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act –Virginia files gerrymandering case at SCOTUS –Biogradable cooler dispute, are you Team Gorsuch or Team Kavanaugh? –Why 5-4? –Would You Rather: Due Process Clause or Equal Protection Clause? Show Notes: –Remarks by Sen. A. Shane Massey on the Sine Die Resolution and Congressional Redistricting Advisory Opinions is a production of SCOTUSblog and The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. Click here to sign up for our new Advisory Opinions newsletter, and click here to access all of The Dispatch’s offerings, including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 57m 54s | ||||||
| 5/12/26 | The TED Talk Heard ‘Round the World | 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 constitutional “Would You Rather” game. The Agenda:–Virginia’s gerrymandering map is unlawful–The left can’t get mad at the right when the right tried the independent state legislator argument–What really won the trillion-dollar Supreme Court case–Who is Harvey?–Shout out to the coolest AP Government teacher ever? Show Notes:–Supremely Cringe: Neal Katyal And ‘TED-Gate’ Order Sarah’s book here. Advisory Opinions is a production of SCOTUSblog and The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. Click here to sign up for our new Advisory Opinions newsletter, and click here to access all of The Dispatch’s offerings, including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 07m 07s | ||||||
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| 5/7/26 | Congress Did Something!✨ | Supreme Courtgerrymandering+4 | — | The Dispatch | Louisiana | Louisiana v. CallaisSupreme Court+6 | — | 58m 09s | |
| 5/5/26 | Justice Alito Stays Ruling on Abortion Pill by Mail✨ | abortion accessjudicial review+5 | David French | Mifepristone5th Circuit Court of Appeals+3 | MassachusettsHaiti+1 | abortion pillMifepristone+6 | — | 1h 18m 59s | |
| 4/30/26 | Gutting the Voting Rights Act | Interview: Judge Roy K. Altman✨ | Voting Rights Actredistricting+4 | Judge Roy K. Altman | Southern Poverty Law CenterThe Dispatch | Israel | Voting Rights Actredistricting+5 | — | 1h 24m 21s | |
| 4/28/26 | Arguing In Front of SCOTUS | Interview: Lisa Blatt✨ | Supreme Court caseslegal advice+5 | Lisa Blatt | The DispatchStone v. Graham+2 | — | SCOTUSCox+8 | — | 1h 15m 07s | |
| 4/23/26 | Overturning Religious Precedent✨ | Supreme Courtreligious precedent+4 | David French | Supreme CourtColorado+4 | — | Supreme Courtreligious precedent+6 | — | 1h 28m 11s | |
| 4/21/26 | The Chief Justice Didn’t Hate President Obama | Interview: Gov. Kevin Stitt✨ | shadow docketSupreme Court+4 | Gov. Kevin Stitt | New York TimesThe Dispatch+1 | — | shadow docketSupreme Court+6 | — | 1h 09m 33s | |
| 4/16/26 | There Is No Historic Defeat for Civil Rights✨ | civil rightsfree speech+4 | Sarah Isgur | Washington PostChiles v. Salazar | — | civil rightsTrump era+4 | — | 1h 04m 37s | |
| 4/14/26 | Sotomayor vs. Kavanaugh?✨ | Supreme CourtJudicial Commentary+4 | — | The DispatchCitizens United | — | SotomayorKavanaugh+5 | — | 1h 02m 31s | |
| 4/9/26 | Trump’s ‘War Crimes’✨ | war crimesIran+3 | — | SCOTUSblogThe Dispatch+1 | — | Trumpwar crimes+3 | — | 1h 08m 40s | |
| 4/7/26 | You’re Fired, Pam Bondi✨ | Pam BondiSteve Bannon+5 | — | The Dispatch | — | Pam BondiSteve Bannon+5 | — | 1h 09m 08s | |
| 4/1/26 | Birthright Citizenship Oral Arguments✨ | birthright citizenshipSupreme Court+3 | David FrenchAmanda Tyler+2 | SCOTUSblogThe Dispatch | — | birthright citizenshiporal arguments+3 | — | 1h 06m 40s | |
| 3/31/26 | In Mourning for the DOJ | Interview: Chris Christie✨ | Justice Departmentlaw school+4 | Chris Christie | The DispatchJustice Department | — | Chris ChristieRobert Mueller+5 | — | 1h 17m 09s | |
| 3/26/26 | Mail-In Ballot Deadlines Challenged in Court✨ | Supreme Courtelection law+3 | — | Republican National CommitteeThe Dispatch | Mississippi | mail-in ballotsSupreme Court+3 | — | 56m 51s | |
| 3/24/26 | You Can’t Preach Jesus Here | Interview: Judge Rebecca Taibleson✨ | free speechjudicial interviews+3 | Judge Rebecca Taibleson | 7th Circuit Court of AppealsSupreme Court+6 | — | Judge Rebecca TaiblesonOlivier v. City of Brandon+3 | — | 1h 09m 23s | |
| 3/19/26 | Will Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants End? | Live at the University of Pennsylvania's Carey Law School, Sarah and David are joined by Third Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas to break down the Supreme Court's temporary protected status cases. They also debate whether a federal "defender general" would level the playing field and play a round of Marvel "What if?" with landmark Supreme Court moments. Order Sarah’s book here. The Agenda:–We await Gov. Chris Christie's return–TPS Cases: Cert Before Judgment for Haiti and Syria Nationals–Defender General: A New Office for Federal Public Defenders–Black Robe Syndrome–What If? Supreme Court alternative universes Show Notes:–"The Defender General" by Daniel Epps and William Ortman 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 access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—click here. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 16m 11s | ||||||
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