Bob Bauer Still Thinks Robert Hur Was Wrong

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🗓️ 15 August 2024

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Former White House counsel Bob Bauer joins Sarah Isgur and David French to talk about his new book, The Unraveling: Reflections on Politics Without Ethics and Democracy in Crisis. They also discuss the role of a presidential attorney, whether Special Counsel Robert Hur crossed a line by reporting on President Joe Biden's cognitive decline, and what it was like to prep the president for his fateful debate. The Agenda: —The impact of undergraduate majors on job prospects after law school —Geofencing raising Fourth Amendment concerns —Do universities have legal obligations to protect students from discrimination, including religious discrimination? —The unraveling of democratic norms and institutions —The role of the Supreme Court in democracy —Should we have term limits? —Examining sue and settle policies and third-party settlements —The role of the leader class and the American people —Advice for aspiring political lawyers —Working with the Biden campaign —Bob Bauer on Face the Nation and Robert Hur criticism 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 Sarah’s Collision newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You ready?
0:02.0	I was born ready. Welcome to Advisory opinions. I'm Sarah Isger. That's David French and we are recording this episode on Wednesday, August 14.
0:25.0	A savvy listener has asked us to start adding that into the intro, so we're going to do that.
0:29.0	And we've got some treats for y'all today.
0:32.0	We're going to talk about two different cases, one about fourth amendment in geo-fencing,
0:37.5	and another about anti-Semitism on campus, and then we will talk to Bob Bauer, former White House Council to
0:45.1	President Obama, personal lawyer to President Joe Biden. He was there for the
0:50.2	Special Counsel interview. He was there for debate prep he has a new
0:54.7	book out we'll be talking to him about the unraveling but also does he regret
0:59.7	anything he said about Rob her full disclosure Rob her former work colleague and good friend
1:06.4	but before we do any of that David I want to get to our question from a high school
1:09.5	software named Felicity she's been listening since she was in fifth grade. I know that you
1:14.9	guys often debate the question of whether or not someone should go to law school.
1:17.8	I would like to add a different dimension to this argument. My question is what type of major
1:21.9	do you think is best for someone who wants to go to law school?
1:25.0	This is so funny David because there's another listener who also was listening since she was in high school and is now in college and she's texting me about what
1:36.9	major she should be picking and so what better way to answer these questions
1:42.1	than to turn to David?
1:44.8	By the way, since I teased this last time,
1:46.4	we also got an email from a listener who was an orchestra conductor
1:50.0	for eight years before going to law school.
1:52.6	He's about to graduate at the end of this coming year.
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