Judicial Philosophy | Interview: Sarah Isgur, Justice Amy Coney Barrett

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🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In a battle of flagship podcasts, Steve Hayes invites Sarah Isgur to share her biggest takeaways from her interview with Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Then, listen in as the Advisory Opinions crew speaks with ACB about the strengths and limitations of originalism, insights from her new book, and her writing style. The Agenda:—Sarah’s takeaways—Lightning round!—Give up, “equity docket,” David—Do oral arguments even matter anymore?—All about originalism—Life as a Justice Antonin Scalia clerk—Law school: to go or not to go?—Click HERE to subscribe to Advisory Opinions 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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1:20.5	We have a special episode for you today.
1:28.4	Sarah Isker is here because she just interviewed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney-B Barrett over on our advisory opinions podcast.
1:34.2	If you don't already follow that show, now is the time. In a moment, we'll have that interview for you.
1:41.2	But first, Sarah, give me some background on this interview and how it came about.
1:46.5	Justice Barrett has been working on this book that's now out called Listening to the Law for some amount of time. We heard tell that this book was coming out,
1:52.8	reached out, and asked whether she would want to talk about the book on the podcast. And so
1:57.9	David French and I got advanced copies of the book and got to interview her about a week before the book came out. So last week and embargoed for when we released it this week on advisory opinions. And we went and interviewed her at the court. Her husband and her oldest daughter were actually there in attendance, which made the whole thing
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