The Supreme Court’s Upcoming Term

Advisory Opinions

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🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Sarah Isgur and David French spend today’s episode reviewing nine cases the Supreme Court will decide during the upcoming term, from the intricacies of tariffs to the legality of conversion therapy. The Agenda:—The tariffs cases—Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s past comments on Humphrey’s Executor—Transgender participation in sports cases—Conversion therapy cases—No love for damage claims—Campaign finance reform—Death penalty and IQ tests—Who can quash a subpoena?—Implications of the stay order in the Federal Reserve case Show Notes:—Trump v. V.O.S. Selections—Trump v. Slaughter—Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety—Louisiana v. Callais—Little v. Hecox—West Virginia v. B.P.J.—Chiles v. Salazar—National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission—First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin—Hamm v. Smith 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	Advisory Opinions is presented by Pacific Legal Foundation, suing the government since 1973.
0:05.7	You ready?
0:07.3	I was born ready.
0:44.1	Welcome to advisory opinions. I'm Sarah Isger. That's David French. And have we got a lineup for you? We're doing our OT 2025 preview. And we've got nine cases to go through today. So we're going to go through it quite the clip, everything from tariffs to women's sports teams to conversion therapy.
0:48.3	And of course, who actually does have the power to quash a subpoena?
0:50.9	But don't sleep on that case, guys, just because it's number nine.
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