Congress Won’t Contradict Trump

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🗓️ 11 September 2025

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When the president orders a strike, who decides if it’s legal? Sarah Isgur and David French unpack the commander in chief’s powers after a hit on an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling vessel. The Agenda:—The laws of armed conflict—Violating the Constitution?—The complexity of terror designation—SCOTUS to decide fate of Trump's tariffs—Interim docket before the emergency docket—Sarah name-drops Jonah Goldberg—SCOTUS interim docket decision on immigration stops in L.A. Show Notes:—Orin Kerr on Los Angeles immigration enforcement case 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	Hey, advisory opinions, listeners. This is Sarah Isgir. I just wanted to let you know that this episode was recorded before Charlie Kirk was killed in Utah on Wednesday. I first met Charlie when he was 20 years old and Turning Point USA was a crazy idea that this kid wouldn't stop talking about. I speak for both me and David when I say that we are sickened, as should every American who cares about free speech.
0:23.3	We are praying for Charlie's family.
0:25.0	We'll have more to say on this on the next episode.
0:27.5	Here's this episode of advisory opinions.
0:30.6	Ready?
0:32.1	I was born ready.
0:33.5	I was born ready.
0:53.0	Oh, oh, oh. ready. Welcome to advisory opinions. I'm Sarah Isker. That's David French. And we're going to start with the Venezuelan boat strike,
0:55.6	do a little tariff interim docket action, as well as, are we just doing interim docket on top of
1:02.3	interim docket, as Justice Kavanaugh warned us? We've got to talk about the Federal Reserve
1:06.8	and its historical anomaly, as well as the immigration enforcement case out of Los Angeles
1:13.4	that the Supreme Court issued an opinion on as well. All this, and I finally learned how to pronounce
1:19.2	the name of that case about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Coming up on advisory opinions.
1:28.8	David, one of the things I love about doing this podcast is that it feels like cramming for an
1:34.0	exam and then like you walk into the exam and you're so ready to like write everything you know
1:39.3	down before it leaves your brain. Like I can feel things already dripping out of my ears.
1:45.1	I'm very excited for today, is the point.
1:47.3	This is a very loaded podcast.
1:50.6	So, yeah, buckle up everybody.
1:52.6	And if you're not the type of person who likes cramming for exams,
1:56.1	then you're probably not a lawyer because that's what everyone has to do for the bar exam.
1:59.6	Okay, David, we're going to start with the Venezuelan boat strike. Did this violate the laws of
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