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4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Writing with quill pens, quartering Secret Service agents, and shooting 18th-century guns. A.J. Jacobs joins Sarah and David to discuss his book, It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family, and his experience living by the Constitution. But first, this podcast can’t escape a little bit of legal news, including a shocking decision by the Supreme Court.The Agenda: —SCOTUS blocks Biden’s Title IX Rule —Focusing on culture war, not politics —“Curtilage” and a 9th Circuit ruling —Living by the Bible and then the Constitution —Stoning adulterers —Exploring the powers of private citizens —Criteria for quartering soldiers —How elastic should the words of the Constitution be? 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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0:00.0	You ready?
0:02.0	I was born ready. Welcome to Advisory opinions.
0:13.0	I'm just gonna say I'm David French.
0:15.0	That's weird.
0:20.0	I haven't done that before. It's so weird. I'm going to say David French.
0:22.6	That's weird.
0:23.2	I haven't done that before.
0:24.2	It's so weird.
0:24.8	I was anticipating that coming out of your mouth.
0:26.9	I don't know why.
0:27.9	It's so strange.
0:28.9	Okay.
0:29.9	I'm not David French.
0:31.9	I remain and forever shall not be David French. I'm Sarah Isker. That's
0:37.0	David French. And as part of our August book series of books that are, you know, in the law genre.
0:45.6	We're going to talk to AJ Jacobs about the year of living constitutionally
0:49.8	where he literally lives according to the words in the Constitution, though it never says you have to write
0:57.4	with a quill or sign, you know, the bill at a restaurant with a quill, and yet and yet no it's this is a fun
1:05.0	interview I promise folks will enjoy this but before we get to that we got
1:08.7	something from the Supreme Court which was well, was it a surprise for you?
1:15.4	It was a surprise for me.
1:17.2	It was a big surprise for me.
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