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Sarah Isgur & David French

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Live from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., Sarah Isgur and David French review the OT25 term with Akhil Amar, professor of law and political science at Yale University, and David Lat, author of Original Jurisdiction . The four break down the most consequential cases of the past term—from the tariffs case to Humphrey’s Executor , birthright citizenship, and what it all means for President Trump’s relationship with the court.

–Thank you to the ACLU for sponsoring our SCOTUSblog Summit at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center

–Getting deep into trucking Twitter

–How the culture war is shifting toward separation-of-powers fights

–Counting jelly beans and winning heifers

–The demise of Humphrey’s Executor in Slaughter

–Did Trump win or lose this term?

–What even makes a “big” case?

Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. She’s also a ABC News contributor and the author of Last Branch Standing , a deep dive into the inner workings of the Supreme Court. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals.

David French is a columnist for the New York Times. He’s a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.

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Welcome to the Advisory Opinions podcast. I'm Sarah Isgur, and we have a special episode for you today. We are here at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center in lovely Washington, DC, where you'll be shocked to hear that while, yes, it is very humid, the temperature is actually quite civilized. And I want to thank, of course, our presenting partner, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU, which has, uh, allowed us all to be here today. We are so grateful. And joining me on stage for this OT 25 term review, the David French, frequent partner in crime, and Professor Akhil Amar, the one, the only, the shaggy-haired. He has enough hair for he and David combined.

And finally, David Lat of Original Jurisdiction. Gentlemen, let's get to it.

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