Lawless or Just Unwise?

Advisory Opinions

The Dispatch

News, Politics, Government

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Is President Donald Trump breaking the Justice Department or simply reshaping its priorities? As federal prosecutors resign, Sarah Isgur and David French debate whether we’re looking at another Saturday Night Massacre—and whether that’s how the justice system should work. The Agenda: —What is (and isn’t) lawless? —More on the independence on federal agencies —One magnificent speech away —Justice Brett Kavanaugh on fiduciary discretion —“F— cheerleading” 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, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.8	Oh, oh, oh. Welcome to Advisory Opinions. I'm Sarah Isker. That's David French. And David, just to take a moment.
1:10.3	Stanford gave us each huge loaves of homemade sourdough bread. Nobody's topping that.
1:17.2	Okay. Well, let's just be very, very, very clear here. It was not Stanford. It was not the institution.
1:23.6	Okay, yeah. Sorry. It was a very lovely person, a member of the Federalist Society, and I don't know if she wants
1:30.2	us to out her name on the podcast, but she made just spectacular sourdough bread for us,
1:38.3	and I put it in my backpack, and so I carried it with me in my backpack all the way home.
1:42.7	Yeah, we're still eating it.
1:43.9	We had it last night for dinner as well. Um, just my point is this. Future chapters who want us to
1:49.6	come speak, up your game. Oh, without question. I mean, seriously. The fresh sour bread is the new
1:56.8	baseline. That's right. You must improve on that. Good luck. If it's not at least that,
2:02.6	then just don't even bother. All right, we have a full podcast today. David, I want to start with
2:12.1	the Saturday Night Massacre that happened on a Thursday at the Department of Justice. Now, the Saturday night
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