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Advisory Opinions

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🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Welcome to Callais-a-palooza, where Sarah Isgur and David French discuss Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court decision that struck down Lousiana's congressional map and allows Louisiana to draw a new map that will likely favor Republicans. The two read Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson's dissent, discussed whether the decision violates the Purcell principle, and answer listeners' questions about the decision. The Agenda:—Sarah's dad is unconstitutional—The 32-day question—The three Honey Badgers—Partisan gerrymandering on steroids—“Kavanaugh stops” and Callais—Listener questions! Show Notes:—David French on Race, Rights, Trump, and Faith—The University of Michigan Doubled Down on D.E.I. What Went Wrong? Order Sarah’s book here. 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?
0:02.0	I was born ready.
0:04.0	Welcome to Advisory Opinions. I'm Sarah Isger. That's David French. Welcome to advisory opinions. I'm Sarah Isger. That's David French. Welcome to Calais Apalooza, where we are going to talk for a whole hour about the Calais decision out of Louisiana. We have a new order from the Supreme Court, putting the decision into effect immediately. We also got a ton of questions,
0:39.2	brilliantly smart, thoughtful questions from you guys. And I want to go through as many as we can.
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1:39.8	Well, David, I am down here in the Woodlands at the Fifth Circuit Conference, and I just feel like I should give a warning to all of the other circuits. Like, do not invite me to your circuit conference and think that I have like a toned down version of Sarah. I wish I did. Like, there's not two modes or something. Lisa Blatt was down here. You know she just
2:03.3	eggs me on. You know, I see her and it just, the amp turns up to 11, David. So did you at any point
2:08.7	in your discussion with the Fifth Circuit say, 10 commandments case, WTF? No, but I did call my dad
2:14.7	unconstitutional from the stage with him in the audience.
2:20.6	And all of the other bankruptcy judges in attendance.
2:27.6	Oh, nice. I'm glad. I'm glad. Sarah unleashed is the only kind of Sarah that's out there.
2:31.9	That's my point. It is the only one. So like, just that's a, that's a warning, right?
2:35.0	Like, there's not, like, polite, nice Sarah.
2:40.7	David, speaking of two different versions and whether there's a polite, nice version,
2:46.3	we got an opinion relating to an order from the Supreme Court.
2:47.8	I mean, I guess we got two.
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