Overturning Religious Precedent

Advisory Opinions

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🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Will the Supreme Court overturn religious precedent in the case of a Catholic preschool challenging its exclusion from a Colorado “universal preschool” program? Should the Supreme Court care about its own popularirty? And, is Ted Cruz a great option as for Supreme Court justice? Sarah Isgur and David French answer these questions and more, live at the University of Denver.Also: We are launching a SCOTUSblog newsletter on April 28!The Agenda:–‘Universal’ pre-K causes court to re-re-reconsider major religious precedent–This already happened–Public Opinion, Credible Threats, and the Fezzik Principle–Watch The Princess Bride–Justice Ted Cruz?–The Shadow Docket reporting by the New York Times–Questions from the audience Order Sarah’s book here.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 the advisory opinions podcast. I'm Sarah Isger. That's David French, and we are
0:24.1	live at the University of Denver, D.U. Hey, guys.
0:32.6	Well, we've got plenty to talk about today, a cert grant from the court.
0:40.6	Another religious liberty case, David is hot to trot.
0:43.4	Also, the Phezic principle should the Supreme Court care if it's popular?
0:49.3	And is Ted Cruz a great option for the Supreme Court?
0:55.4	It's going to be a more interesting conversation than you think.
0:57.9	And lastly, what's the best major if you want to go to law school?
1:02.3	Seemed appropriate to do at this campus.
1:05.1	Okay, I do want to announce that we will have an advisory opinion's newsletter
1:09.4	starting on April 28th. This will include
1:12.9	video, transcript, a summary of everything we talk about, you know, those little chapter
1:18.1	headings where you can get just to the topic you want to find. You can sign up on SCOTUS blog
1:24.1	starting today to sign up for the advisory opinions newsletter. We'll see you out there
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