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Advisory Opinions

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Advisory Opinions

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🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Justice Kagan makes remarks to the 9th Circuit and President Biden proposes SCOTUS reforms. The usual slow-moving summer legal news drag is disrupted by a number interesting cases and eye-raising comments. On the docket: —To stand or not to stand at a desk —Justice Kagan says Supreme Court reforms are "fair" —The Supreme Court’s caseload —Are justices friendly? —President Biden’s proposed reforms —Leonard Leo says "Dems are destroying a court they don't agree with" —Removing Chevron deference —Title IX cases launch across the U.S. —Taxes on our phone bills —PETA wins one for the gatos —Boneless chicken wings: dangerous or harmless wordplay? Show Notes: —Man makes a passionate speech on boneless chicken wings 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 Sarah’s Collision newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You ready?

0:02.0

I was born ready. Welcome to advisory opinions. I'm Serias Gere that's David French and David we're in the same place.

0:24.4

We are in the same place. We're at your standing desk, standing here looking at each other,

0:28.8

doing the podcast. We were having a bit of a discussion on standing desk so I've used a standing desk since

0:33.7

through and since law school except for my clerkship where they wouldn't allow me to

0:37.6

bring in my own desk and for the last part of both pregnancies where that just

0:42.4

became an untenable burden, literally.

0:45.3

What is your standing desk philosophy?

0:47.8

I think this is the first time I've been at a standing desk.

0:50.8

Yeah.

0:51.8

I'm an evangelist. So Husband of the pod now uses standing desks I've had I think four or five

0:57.5

sometimes I give them away like people you know let you borrow books or whatever

1:01.6

with no intention of getting them back like I send

1:03.6

my standing desk out into the world.

1:05.8

You send your desks out.

1:07.6

That's fantastic.

1:08.6

Well I already can tell you're more disciplined than I am because you're standing completely

1:12.4

still and I'm just

1:14.0

swaying back and forth going from foot you know foot to foot I think it helps obviously

1:19.8

stay awake you don't get those afternoon sleepies when you're out of standing desk. But I also think it makes you, it makes me feel at least less frenetic. Like I'm already up, I'm focusing, so it's okay that there's five different things being thrown at me because I don't know something about the standing and the moving

1:37.0

Yeah allows me to feel like I can take it all in.

1:40.0

Yeah, no, it's I I'm sure there's a lot to be said for it.

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