About this episode
The episode discusses a recent case involving Justices Sotomayor and Kavanaugh, along with various legal topics and a book tour announcement.
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 extravaganza. –Sarah is on a book tour! –Sotomayor vs. Kavanaugh–Citizens United is not controversial–Is there a judicial pipeline?–The seals are ugly–Circuit Court Extravaganza: Bathtub gin, pronouns, and sparkling sports gambling Show Notes:–The case establishing corporate personhood–Home distilling ban struck down after 158 years–Seals of the Circuit Courts (and then some!)–Short Circuit’s newsletter this week Order Sarah’s book here. 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
People in this episode
Hosts: Sarah Isgur, David French
Topics covered
- Supreme Court
- Judicial Commentary
- Corporate Personhood
- Circuit Courts
- Book Tour
- Legal Issues
Keywords
- Sotomayor
- Kavanaugh
- Supreme Court
- Citizens United
- Circuit Courts
- book tour
- legal commentary
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Dispatch
Books & works: Citizens United
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