Justice Alito’s Next Moves

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🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Sarah Isgur and David French are in Dallas, Texas, at Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law to discuss Justice Samuel Alito’s potential next moves, the alternative to federalism, and attorney-client privilege in AI. The Agenda:–Justice Alito’s book release has raised eyebrows–Judge Amul Thapar, fitness influencer–A question from the best history teacher ever–Can the courts subpoena my AI activity?–David French v. AI–Boneless chicken wings vs. chicken nuggets–Questions from the audience! Show Notes:–The Plan for a Radically Different Supreme Court Is Here–In a First, Court Finds Using AI Tools Ends Attorney-Client Privilege Pre-order Sarah’s book: Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today's Supreme Court 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. We are live at Southern Methodist University. I'm just saying we're at A&M tomorrow, and I don't think that's going to get like that.
0:45.2	No, no, no, no. Our A&M has already been crushed. No question.
0:49.6	Thank you, SMU. What a kind, kind welcome. And truly, this has already been an amazing event. We landed
0:57.4	and went straight to get some Tex-Mex at MECOSINA. No, we did not have a Mombotaxi. Because we're
1:05.0	doing this podcast for you. We can't be like fall down margarita drunk for this podcast. I mean, tipsy, sure, but not mombo taxi level.
1:14.8	But it is good to be back in my home country. And I appreciate the warm welcome. Special shout
1:20.9	out to Judge Starr for coming here and supporting us. Aaron and Trey Cox. You guys are the best.
1:30.4	Dean Nance, warmest welcome. We're so grateful. Steve Waters for pulling this all together. But I have to say, there is someone in the
1:36.2	audience that I want to give a special shout out to. Mark Jackson, I have known since high school,
1:42.6	and he is here. I mean, I wasn't in high school. He was in high school.
1:47.1	And it's pretty cool. Mark's older brother and I were on John Cornyn's first Senate race together in 2002.
1:56.0	And I don't know, we've been family ever since. So I would, this is a very A.O. story, but when I was clerking in Houston, the brothers lived together in Austin, and I would go on the weekends to visit them. And every time I was driving, there would be these turtles that were trying to cross the road, which you know isn't going to end well. And my mother was a wildlife rehabilitator.
2:17.8	My dad would actually use wood screws to help the turtles that had been hit.
2:23.6	And so anyway, like I have visions of turtles being hit by 18 wheelers that haunt my memory's
2:28.7	silence of the lamb style.
2:30.5	So I would pull over on like 290, you know, 90 mile an hour car zooming by and like go get
2:37.1	these turtles.
2:38.0	But now I've got turtles in my car.
2:40.2	And so I'd show up to the Jackson home with these two bachelors and be like, thanks
2:45.5	for inviting me over for dinner.
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