Advisory Opinions

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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Every guest on Advisory Opinions

152 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Julian Davis Mortenson

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Katie Barlow
Nominal Damages · Mar 2021

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Keith Whittington
Should Academic Freedom Be a Constitutional Right? · Aug 2024

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Lee Rudofsky
Should Judges Get Political? · 2 episodes

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Liz Murrill
Alligator Boots · Feb 2020

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Marina Koren
Our Place in the Stars · Aug 2020

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Matt Martens
A Christian Case for Criminal Justice Reform · Aug 2024

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Megan L. Brown
Getting Your Legal Career Started · Sep 2022

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Michael McConnell
Coup de Target · Aug 2023

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Michelle Kallen
Is the ERA part of the Constitution? · Dec 2021

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Mitchell Berman
The Spirit of Curling · Aug 2021

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Neomi Rao
Judge Rao on Separation of Powers · Feb 2023

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Nicholas Bagley
The Nondelegation Rumble · Feb 2021

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Nikki Neily
Potpourri of Awfulness · Feb 2020

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Noah Phillips
How to Disagree · Aug 2024

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Phill Drobnick
Sweeping to Gold · Aug 2020

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Prim Escalona

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Richard Re
Alaska v. a Charter Plane and a Six-Pack of Beer · 2 episodes

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Roy Altman
Israel's Legal Responsibilities in War (Live at Duke University) · 2 episodes

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Sanford Levinson
Amending the Constitution with Professor Levinson · Jan 2022

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Sarah Harris

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Scott Keller
Zombie Obamacare · Dec 2019

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Seth Kretzer
Religious Liberty and the Execution Chamber · Mar 2022

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Sherif Girgis
The Legality of Israel’s Beeper Attack · Sep 2024

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Stephanos Bibas
Will Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants End? · Mar 2026

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Stephen Boyd
Live from Alabama · Feb 2024

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Steven Lehotsky
Smothered and Covered · Apr 2020

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Thomas Lee

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Trevor McFadden

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Vanessa Oterro
Did the Biden Admin Violate the First Amendment? · Sep 2023

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Zachary Shemtob
SCOTUS’s October Preview · Aug 2026

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Michael Luttig
Judge Luttig Talks Electoral Count Act Reform · Jul 2022

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