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Advisory Opinions

It’s the End of the Term

Advisory Opinions

The Dispatch

News, Politics, Government

4.74K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

SCOTUS strikes down a Donald Trump executive order ending birthright citizenship, reshapes campaign finance law, and rules that states can exclude transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams. Sarah Isgur and David French discuss in a marathon end-of-term episode.  The Agenda” –The pre-apology –Trump v. Barbara –Wow, we were wrong –Et tu, Barrett? (No, not really) –What is the purpose of the 14th Amendment? –The hive mind has broken down –National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission  –Transgender athlete cases 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.

0:04.0

Welcome to advisory opinions. I'm Sarah Isger. That's David French. We are together to discuss the end of the term. Yes, we got birthright citizenship. Yes, Donald Trump lost. And it was 194 pages. Oh, we also got the transgender athlete cases and the party coordination with candidates cases.

0:42.1

So much to break down, David.

0:44.4

This was a busy term.

0:46.6

Can I begin with a pre-apology?

0:49.3

Okay, here's our pre-ap-my pre-apology, hundreds of pages.

0:53.6

Dense writing, we have not been able to digest them all. So

0:56.9

there might be a chance, however slight listeners, that we get some of the details wrong on some of

1:02.6

the concurrences, dissents, majority, we're processing. If we get something wrong,

1:07.6

please tell us, and we'll try to correct. But this is real time, guys. We're

1:11.5

processing on the fly. And if you would like to write a newsletter for SCOTUS blog and you have

1:18.6

had a federal appellate clerkship and have worked in high-level commercial litigation, send your

1:24.4

resume over to SCOTUSBlog at the dispatch.com. we'd love to talk to you. And if you want to get

1:31.2

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1:37.9

You get the video, you get the summaries, all of the things in the newsletter for every episode.

1:47.2

So, without further ado, let's do this.

1:53.5

Well, David, I think we have to start with Trump v. Barbara. This is the birthright citizenship case,

1:57.4

in case you've been living under Iraq, in which case I don't know why you're listening to this podcast.

2:03.1

Donald Trump, on his first day of office, signs an executive order redefining birthright citizenship, in short, not to include someone who was born on American soil,

2:09.3

but to neither parent being a U.S. citizen. And we have the decision. It is 6.3, or more accurately, five, one, three on some of the

2:20.8

questions here. We have six justices, though, saying that Donald Trump's executive order

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