Advisory Opinions

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. 

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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

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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 

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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

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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

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