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Welcome to the Advisory Opinions Podcast. I'm David French with Sarah Isger.

I'm sorry to say we've got more dobs to cover today. Some really interesting developments over the weekend, some dangerous developments over the weekend that we're going to cover that both have a moral, a political and a legal angle and we're going to hit them all.

But before we do that, Sarah, you've got some tidbits to start with. Let's just start with the tidbits before we move on to the controversy that's tearing America apart.

I don't want to turn this podcast into like Politico's playbook, but we'll do a little Politico playbook here at the front end.

The fifth circuit had their judicial conference in Nashville, which as some may note is not in the fifth circuit, but it was Mississippi's turn to host. Unfortunately, Mississippi does not have room for all of the attendees that's not attached to a casino.

It's like the one rule in the fifth circuit that you can't stay at a casino or get reimbursed for money you spend at a casino.

Not a place in Jackson, Mississippi that can host the Jewish that strikes me. Yeah, not big enough. It has to be big enough and not attached to a casino.

It's amazing. Okay.

So they hosted it in Nashville.

The husband of the pod was in attendance as were many, many others, all the fifth circuit judges, Yaliyah, but one person was not in attendance. David, do you want to guess who it was?

Well, one person not in attendance.

Yeah, there's a justice who is assigned to oversee the each circuit and the justice for the fifth circuit is one Samuel Alito.

So he was supposed to be there in person and address the attendees most of the justices address their circuit conferences.

I believe he said something to the effect of I regret that I am unable to attend in person.

And otherwise gave remarks unremarkable or remarkable, but not topical.

So that was the fifth circuit judicial conference, but over the weekend, there was a reunion of the Scalia clerks.

They still hold wonderful big black tie fancy pants reunions. And boy, was that a who's who of the spot is.

I only have a partial list to share, but I think you'll get the point. Friend of the pod can and Shan McGahn who just argued that Oklahoma, McGert 2.0 case there in his finest chief judge Sutton of the six circuit Paul Clement, who argued, of course, the coach Kennedy case.

And then three days later argued the Florida social media bill case, he's he needs sleep.

No, Francisco former solicitor general now, a biggie partner at Jones Day Curtis Ganon, deputy solicitor general Alex A's are so pan.

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