Separation Anxiety: Courts and Congress

Advisory Opinions

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🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss Alina Habba’s removal as U.S. attorney pick and the one consistent position of the Trump administration: We get to do what we want. —Scrutinizing the Vacancies Reform Act—Friendly vs. hostile U.S. Senates—Good luck to the criminals in the Northern District of New Jersey—Listener question: change the vesting clause?—Second Circuit issues decision on remand for Nat’l Rifle Ass’n of Am. v. Vullo.—If you're going to charge a conspiracy, there better be a conspiracy—Critical race theory curriculum—Poisonous fruit of the Garcetti tree—Who has rights over blood spots? ⁠ This episode is brought to you by Burford Capital, the leading global finance firm focused on law. Burford helps companies and law firms unlock the value of their legal assets. With a $7.2 billion portfolio and listings on the NYSE and LSE, Burford provides capital to finance high-value commercial litigation and arbitration—without adding cost, risk, or giving up control. Clients include Fortune 500 companies and Am Law 100 firms, who turn to Burford to pursue strong claims, manage legal costs, and accelerate recoveries. Learn more at ⁠burfordcapital.com/ao⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Advisory Opinions is presented by Burford Capital, the leading finance firm focused on law.
0:06.6	Ready?
0:08.5	I was born ready.
0:10.6	Music Welcome to advisory opinions.
0:26.5	I'm Sarah Isgird.
0:27.4	That's David French.
0:28.3	And we need to do more separations of powers today.
0:34.1	We're going to do some vacancies reform act when it comes to U.S. attorneys, and everyone is doing this unconstitutionally.
0:42.5	Is it too late to fix Congress? Are we too far gone? We will answer a listener question.
0:48.7	And then we have got a heck of a lineup of circuit court cases for you. Revisiting Vulo and election conspiracies,
0:56.8	a little CRT in the classroom, can't you, must you? And finally, that heel prick right before
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