Legal Ramifications of a Bluenami

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the Texas Supreme Court’s blue wave, the possibility of a majority-Democrat Supreme Court, and one of the biggest Supreme Court cases of the term: St. Mary’s Catholic Parish v. Roy. The Agenda: –Texas attorney general is now blue –Will Justice Samuel Alito retire? –How President Donald Trump will legislate Show Notes: 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 0:02 I was born ready. [upbeat music plays] David French 0:19 Welcome to Advisory Opinions. We are taping this the day after the boom of the midterm elections. But this is not a political podcast. It is a legal podcast, and we are going to talk about the legal ramifications of that election, uh, including whether I just moved to Texas for my husband's job, and now we're gonna have to move again because all of those businesses that moved to Texas [laughs] may need to rethink why they moved in the first place. Uh, but David, we are gonna walk through the world of state solicitors general, the Texas Supreme Court. Is Justice Alito gonna retire now? Could Trump fill his spot even if he doesn't announce his retirement? And of course, the recounts yet to come. Although my biggest underline of all of this, if everything that Republicans did for the last 10 years was to prevent a majority of Democratic nominees on the Supreme Court, was it all for naught? Sarah Isgur 1:19 [laughs] David French 1:19 And is this actually what will end up saving nine on the Supreme Court? Plus, David, we have to talk about the St. Mary's argument, one of the biggest cases of the term, and it's gonna get second billing on this podcast. Universal pre-K program, was this about a neutral law of general applicability, or was it about circumventing the Carson case and the New York Times op-ed that may have cost them everything? All this and more on Advisory Opinions. If you are a student, be it high school, college, grad school, homeschooled, doesn't matter, you can get a full year of Dispatch membership for free thanks to the generosity of our members who have donated to our student sponsorship program. This is actually pretty exciting. So basically, people donated just to give students free membership to the Dispatch. So if you are a student, we've got a lot of free memberships to give out. And if you're not a student but you've got one in your life, send them the link. Basically, you can go to thedispatch.com/student-sponsorships, plural, and fill out the short form. You don't need a credit card. Nothing renews automatically. Our team will get you set up. Teachers, you can sign up a whole class there too. Uh, so this is for the Dispatch, and I think it sounds like a really cool thing. Okay, David, that is the housekeeping. Yeah, this is not a political podcast. Um, however, a thing happened last night. Interactive transcripts are available to Premium members. Join to follow along with the audio. Join Now More We Think You’d Like