Is Lisa Cooked?

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🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Isgur and David French break down Paul Clement’s “thousand duck-sized horses” argument before the Supreme Court in the Trump administration’s case over the firing of Lisa Cook, and what it means for for-cause removal at the Federal Reserve.The Agenda:–Paul Clement the GOAT–Prediction: Lisa Cook will stay–The conservatism of the Supreme Court and MAGA’s legal movement–Going “full Taft”–Tropic Thunder detour, for some reason–Gun and property rights in Hawaii–When to Martinize someone-Don Lemon’s Theology of the Protest–It’s not “Letter from a Birmingham Starbucks”–The best fan mail we’ve ever received 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	Ready?
0:02.0	I was born ready.
0:04.0	Welcome to Advisory Opinions. I'm Sarah Isger. That's David French. We listened to the Cook
0:25.8	argument about the Federal Reserve and Governor Lisa Cook's removal by President Trump. So you don't
0:31.2	have to. Also, we're going to break down the arguments in the vampire rule case. We've got a
0:36.5	decision on ex post facto law,
0:38.5	and what does it mean to martinize someone? Do David and I think that's a good idea or a bad
0:43.7	idea? As well as, don't sleep on the face act. In Minnesota, as protesters entered a church
0:51.3	during services, can they be prosecuted under an abortion protest statute?
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1:01.0	It's not even close, and you will all agree with me.
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