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Advisory Opinions

Guns, Avenatti, and Bathrooms

Advisory Opinions

The Dispatch

News, Government, Politics

4.74K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

It’s an (almost) Supreme Court-free podcast episode today. First, David talks about a ruling from the 4th Circuit striking down federal prohibitions on adults under 21 purchasing firearms, and Sarah gives her thoughts on whether the decision will stand. Then, our hosts dive into the latest in the Michael Avenatti saga, a ruling from a federal judge sentencing him to two and half years in prison for extortion. Finally, Sarah and David chat about a new Tennessee law requiring businesses to notify their customers about their transgender bathroom access policies. Show Notes: -Hirschfeld v. Bureau of Alcohol -Michael Avenatti sentenced to prison for 30 months -Tennessee bathroom law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Advisory Opinions Podcast. This is David Frinch with Sarah Isger.

0:08.7

And if it sounds a little odd, we're both on the road. In undisclosed locations, me

0:13.8

is still somewhere in Northern California. I was at Big Sur yesterday. Sarah, have you

0:19.7

ever been to Big Sur? I have been to Big Sur. It's beautiful. It is amazing. Like it's

0:26.7

gorgeous. Anyway, my adoration and affection for Northern California Geography and Climate

0:34.9

continues unibated. But that's not our topic. We've got a few interesting things to talk

0:40.9

about. We're going to start with a big fourth circuit case, striking down federal prohibitions

0:48.7

against licensed dealers selling handguns to individuals under 21, two adults under 21,

0:56.4

so 18, 19 and 20 year olds. It's an interesting case. It's a long case. It's a, I think, a

1:04.1

141 page opinion. I don't know why it is that the second amendment case is seem to draw

1:12.0

these really long opinions. It's almost seem to include like a complete history of colonial

1:18.0

America, but they really do. So we're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about

1:24.0

the Aveniting, Aveniting prosecution. Sarah has thoughts. We're going to talk about a

1:30.4

Tennessee case involving mandatory posting of a particular kind of signage that to alert

1:40.2

customers if the bathroom is unisex. And it's a compelled speech case, citing drumroll,

1:48.4

please, Sarah. One of my cases from the early 20 teens. So I think when Twitter finds

1:57.8

that out, I'll be in a real trouble. And then we're, if we've got time, we're going to

2:03.4

deal with a little bit of presidential coup plotting scenarios. And we're going to indefinitely

2:10.4

end up with a question to Sarah about the Olympics. So it's a lot. It's a lot. Fourth

2:16.5

circuit strikes down prohibitions. Now, it's not immediate. It doesn't go immediately

2:23.1

into effect. It's not the case that if you're 18 and listening, you can go walk in and

2:27.6

get a handgun right now. But fourth circuit strikes down federal prohibitions on 18-year-olds

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