Let’s Sue the Government

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🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the IRS lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump, SCOTUS’s mifepristone decision, and a unanimous verdict from the justices that no one except Sarah cares about. The Agenda: –The 1,776 slush fund –David’s ‘back in the day’ lawsuit against the Obama administration –The Bivens brick wall –Trump loses on the law but wins in the politics –Ballroom and baby steps –Is Trump the Chosen One? –Brief explainer on the Comstock Act –Court rules freight brokers can face negligent hiring suits under state law Show Notes: –Federal Defender Newsletter –Jordan v. Darrisaw Advisory Opinions is a production of SCOTUSblog and The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. Click here to sign up for our new Advisory Opinions newsletter, and click here to access all of The Dispatch’s offerings, including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters. 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 Isgird. That's David French. The IRS lawsuit brought by
0:25.1	President Trump has been dismissed. Why are David and I still so mad about it? As well as the
0:31.9	Supreme Court issues a stay in the Fifth Circuit's Miffipristone decision. That decision will not go into effect until
0:39.9	cert is granted or denied. We have a big decision from the Supreme Court. It was unanimous,
0:46.7	and no one will care, except me. I do. I want to talk about it, and I've watched trucking
0:51.6	YouTube videos to prove it, my friends. And finally,
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2:06.9	All right, David, we try to start with the newsiest thing, and this one is an IRS lawsuit.
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