Unity Is Dead, Long Live the Union

Advisory Opinions

The Dispatch

News, Government, Politics

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Sarah and David break down the latest update in Jack Smith’s January 6 case against Donald Trump before speaking with Yuval Levin about his book, American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation―and Could Again. The Agenda: —Jack Smith’s superseding indictment —Not thinking alike but acting together —Federalist No. 10 —Underestimating how unified we are —Proceduralism is not amoral —Restringing narrow majorities —Congress, do your job —The federalism solution —Supreme Court reforms —Reforming Article I 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 Sarah’s Collision newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.0	Advisory Opin, I'm Sarah Isger, that's David French,
0:49.0	and our special, special book,
0:55.0	Yval Levin of American Enterprise Institute and his book, American Covenant,
0:57.0	How the Constitution Unified Our Nation and Could Again.
1:01.0	But before we get to that, David, boy, like a flurry of legal news this week.
1:05.3	I mean, for all of the rest of us who were just lazing about, reading books, enjoying our summer,
1:11.8	Jack Smith appears to have been locked in a closet with only an
1:15.4	electrical outlet, some MREs, and a typewriter. So this week they, the
1:21.4	Special Counsel's Office filed its brief to the 11th Circuit appealing
1:26.1	Judge Eileen Cannon's dismissal of the case where she found that the Special
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