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🗓️ 5 March 2026

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Sarah Isgur and David French break down United States v. Hemani, a Second Amendment case involving an alleged user of a controlled substance in possession of a gun. They then discuss two interim docket decisions, one on elections and congressional districts, and one on parental rights and substantive due process.The Agenda:–Guns and drug use–Downtown Bonkers Town–Interim Docket: California Parental Rights–New York Redistricting Emergency Stay–War powers resolution debateShow Notes:–United States v. Hemani, Animated Explainer | SCOTUSblog + Briefly 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?
0:01.0	I was born ready.
0:04.0	Welcome to Advisory Opinions. That's David French. As promised, we will break down
0:24.4	that Hamani argument about being an unlawful user of a controlled substance while in possession of a gun.
0:31.0	And then two interim docket decisions, one on elections and congressional districts, another racial gerrymander,
0:38.8	question mark, and one on parental rights and substantive due process? Did the conservative
0:44.2	suddenly fall in love with substantive due process again? And lastly, our promised war powers discussion,
0:50.5	is that 1973 war powers resolution a thing or not a thing?
0:54.9	Do you get a free 60-day war pass from Congress?
0:59.4	All this and more on advisory opinions.
1:04.8	Okay, David, before we jump in, I finished recording the audio book for my book.
1:11.3	Congratulations.
1:12.4	That takes a lot.
1:13.1	That's energy.
1:14.3	That's effort there.
1:15.4	It was physically demanding in a way I wasn't expecting to talk nonstop for seven hours a day for multiple days in a row.
1:24.0	Yeah.
1:24.5	Yeah.
1:24.8	That's nuts.
1:26.1	And then it just blows the seven hour hole in your schedule. Well, yeah, that for sure. Yeah. Yeah. That's nuts. And then it just blows the seven-hour hole in your schedule.
1:29.9	Well, yeah, that for sure. Yeah. Yeah. But, you know, I was in this little, tiny little red room.
1:36.2	I had a director, a sound producer, and like the director literally just like follows along.
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