Election Shenanigans

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss election-related legal woes from New Hampshire to Alaska, election lawsuits and where they’re headed, plus a little takedown of forum shopping. The Agenda: –New Hampshire’s student ID laws and why the media got it wrong –Sarah votes in Texas –Harsh opinions and hallucinating decisions 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. Want to see more of The Dispatch in Google search? Add Us as a Preferred Source 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 an ABC News contributor and the New York Times bestselling 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. The podcast transcription below was generated using artificial intelligence and may include occasional errors or misspellings. Music 0:00 [metal clinking] Ready? Music 0:02 I was born ready. [upbeat music] Sarah Isgur 0:19 Welcome to "Advisory Opinions." I'm Sarah Isgur. That's David French. And we are gonna start with election shenanigans from Alaska to New Hampshire. Feels like we're singing, you know, "God Bless America" here. Um, and all the states in between. [chuckles] We'll talk about the election lawsuits and where they're headed, as well as a revisit of what's causing the interim docket, the likelihood of success on the merits versus forum shopping. And we've got everything, a history of the rocket docket in the Eastern District of Texas, and a proposal now pending before the Rules Committee to end forum shopping or just make a lot more cases. We'll see. We'll see what we think. And finally, judges behaving badly, Sarah Isgur 1:09 AI, mental health, everything in between. Is this what impeachment is for? David French 1:13 Before we start though, Sarah, I wanna say, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and Kentucky is number one in the Southeastern Conference on October 26th. Never happened. Well, no, I'm gonna say it is, the only time it has happened Interactive transcripts are available to Premium members. Join to follow along with the audio. Join Now More We Think You’d Like