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Advisory Opinions

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🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In today’s jam-packed episode, David and Sarah discuss the Supreme Court’s invitation to the Biden administration to weigh in on a pending challenge to Harvard’s affirmative action policy. Our hosts also untangle two criminal cases that united the justices unanimously in favor of the government, one on felons possessing firearms and another on sentence reduction. Then, Sarah shares insight from her own time at the Department of Justice into why a New York Times story that the Trump-era Justice Department seized the data of congressional Democrats might be overblown. They also explain why the DoJ appears to be siding with former President Donald Trump in a defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll. Finally, they discuss why a recent Twitter thread on critical race theory that inspired a “hate tsunami” online should inspire you to go attend your local school board meetings. Show Notes: -Greer v. United States -Terry v. United States -The New York Times’ June 10 initial subpoena story -The New York Times’ June 13 follow-up story about Don McGahn’s records -The New York Times’ June 11 follow-up story about DoJ opening an investigation into the subpoenas -Explanation of Assistant U.S. attorney -David’s Twitter thread -David’s debate with Christopher Rufo on Bari Weiss’ podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Advisory Opinions Podcast.
0:06.1	This is David French with Sarah Isger on a Supreme Court Opinion Day.
0:11.3	And I think I just engaged in misleading advertising, Sarah, because I said a Supreme Court Opinion
0:18.0	Day instead of on a Supreme Court Opinion Day.
0:22.2	Yeah, look, you know what?
0:24.3	Every day that we have a dollar Opinion Handout means that we're going to have a really
0:29.2	exciting hand down coming.
0:31.4	True.
0:32.4	True.
0:33.4	It's just going to get more exciting.
0:35.7	That's, I believe there's, there are 18 cases left.
0:39.9	So we're going to have a lot to plow through between now and likely the end of the months.
0:45.4	But fun fact, David.
0:47.0	Yes.
0:48.0	With 18 decisions left, that means the court is going to hand down no more than 55 decisions
0:53.8	in argued cases this term, which would be the second lowest total since 1862 shout out
1:01.6	to Steve Laddick for that little nugget.
1:05.0	Huh.
1:06.0	Interesting.
1:07.9	Do more work, Scotus.
1:09.2	Give us more material.
1:11.1	But Scotus did not slumber today.
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