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Advisory Opinions

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Advisory Opinions

The Dispatch

News, Government, Politics

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss lengthy, consolidated Supreme Court arguments from Idaho and West Virginia over state laws banning transgender athletes. The Agenda:–Supreme Court appears likely to uphold transgender athlete bans–Court finds police properly entered man's home despite absense of warrant–SCOTUS allows challenge to mail-in ballots–Lindsay Halligan’s ‘gross abuse of power’?–Should judges pack heat?–Sarah Isgur’s fire tweet Show Notes:–Trump Is 'Chest-Beating' Over a Retreat 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. I'm Sarah Isger. That's David French. We are going to break down that

0:25.5

argument about whether states may ban transgender participation in women's sports, as well as

0:31.8

three decisions coming out of the Supreme Court. No, none of them are tariffs. But you know what?

0:38.5

They're fun and interesting. And we're going to break them down for you, as well as whether Lindsay Halligan is

0:44.2

correctly using the title U.S. attorney. One judge appointed by Donald Trump thinks no,

0:50.8

but we'll see about that. And we're going to revisit Minnesota some issues that maybe we didn't get to last time.

0:57.6

Like, wait, was he allowed to get her out of the car in the first place?

1:01.2

Was that a valid stop?

1:03.2

As well as should we have gun-toting judges across the country and a quote that I gave to the Wall Street Journal about why Trump can't find

1:13.8

an attorney general. You can't always get an attorney general you want. But if you try sometimes,

1:20.0

you just might get an attorney general you need or something. I don't know.

1:26.4

This episode of advisory opinions is brought to you by our friends at Pacific Legal Foundation.

1:31.7

Since they were founded in 1973, PLF has won 18 Supreme Court cases defending the rights of ordinary Americans from government overreach nationwide, including landmark environmental law cases like Sackett v. EPA. Now PLF is doubling down

1:46.9

and launching a new environment and natural resources practice. They're on a mission to litigate

1:52.0

cases that make more of America's land and resources available for productive use, and to make sure

1:57.4

freedom drives our environmental and natural resource policy, not fear.

2:01.9

To learn more, visit pacificlegal.org slash flagship.

2:06.5

AI is incredible.

2:08.4

They can teach you how to fry an egg and even write a poem, pirate style.

2:13.3

But it knows nothing about your work.

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