President Trump’s Losing Streak

About this episode

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss major Trump losses and related legal issues.

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

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Isgur

Guest: David French

Topics covered

• Trump losses
• Kennedy Center name change
• IRS litigation
• court scrutiny
• swatting incident
• Justice Barrett

Keywords

• Trump
• Kennedy Center
• IRS
• Amy Coney Barrett
• swatting
• court
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kennedy Center, IRS, SCOTUSblog, The Dispatch

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