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Advisory Opinions

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the use of autopens as a permission structure and David’s Very Big Problems with technology and the pardon power. —What is an autopen?—The problems with David’s problems—Buckets of pardons—Day 182 of ignoring the TikTok law—Dispensing power vs. autopen power—Bullying our way to cultural victory—Mandatory reporting and Catholic priests—Responding to Supreme Court clerks—TL;DR concurrence Show Notes:—New York Times article on Biden's pardons—McMahon v. New York—Andy Smarick’s piece for The Dispatch—Bob Bauer piece on progressives 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.
0:06.0	Ready?
0:07.5	I was born ready.
0:29.2	Welcome to advisory opinions. I'm Sarah Isger. That's David French. And do we have a lineup for you?
0:38.7	Autopenn. The dispensing power? Take Care Clause versus the vesting clause. We're going to talk about TikTok, the Department of Education.
0:44.4	We have two different views of this court and what this moment means that we're going to have to break down and debate. The legality around Catholic confession comments pouring in from our
0:51.2	Supreme Court clerk listener base. And finally, a little TLDR these days.
0:57.1	It's just too long and I didn't read it. All this and more coming up on advisory opinions.
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