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Welcome to advisory opinions and don't touch that dial. I'm not Sarah Isger. I'm her frequent guest, David French, sitting in the host chair for just a moment while Sarah is away. And I'm joined. I'm delighted to be joined by my friend, Scotus blog, original jurisdiction, all the accolades, David Latt.

It's the David and David show.

David, thanks so much for joining us today at Advisory Opinions.

Hey, thanks for having me, David.

It's always a pleasure.

It's been a while since we've had the David and David show.

I think, you know, it was literally since Sarah's maternity leave, I think.

Yes, I think that's right. I've popped in on an episode here or there, but not just with you.

I think often with Amy Howe and Sarah and Zach Shemtob and other guests. So yes, I think that's right.

And I mean, you picked a great time because we've got some. and Zach Shemtob and other guests. So yes, I think that's right.

And I mean, you picked a great time because we've got some pretty consequential stuff

to talk about right now.

You know, unless you have not been paying any attention at all

to anything, you're very well aware

that the United States entered Venezuelan territory over the

weekend, took the president of Venezuela and his wife exited the territory. Now there is the

vice president of Venezuela, now appears to be in charge. A host of legal issues raised by that

operation that we're going to work through. Also, right after,

right before the break, we got a decision in Trump v. Illinois. This is the National Guard

deployment case out of Illinois, the one rooted in the Chicago deployment. And it almost, almost merited an emergency pod, but it was just too close to the holidays.

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