Burkeanism and the Administrative State

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🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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As an early Christmas present for David French, Sarah Isgur invites professors Will Baude and Julian Davis Mortenson on the podcast to answer all questions about originalism. But first, should an IQ test determine whether someone will be sentenced to death? The Agenda:—Listener emails—United States v. Ham—SCOTUS’ approach to executive power—Burkeanism and the administrative state—Debating the removal power—Judicial restraint and non-delegation doctrine Show Notes:—David French: We’re Trying to Find a Line the Supreme Court Won’t Cross 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

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0:00.0	Ready?
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0:18.8	Welcome to advisory opinions. I'm Sarah Isger. That's David French. And we are going to do a little oral argument talk for one of Wednesday's arguments about IQ testing and the death penalty, as well as a really wonderful conversation between Professor Mortensen of the University of Michigan
0:39.4	and Professor Bode of the University of Chicago on formalism, functionalism, and everything in
0:45.2	between when it comes to the structural constitution and these cases that the Supreme Court has
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