SCOTUS Majority Rules White House Ballroom Is A Go

Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the 5-4 ballroom interim docket decision with Chief Justice John Roberts leading the dissenters, the New York Times with a piece on releasing the justice’s papers sooner rather than later, and a piece by Josh Morrow on AI in circuit decisions. And speaking of circuit decisions, Sarah and David discuss a few, including the Vacancies Reform Act and the 26th Amendment. The Agenda: –Update on Vacancies Reform Act Show Notes: Order Sarah’s book here. 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. 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. The podcast transcription below was generated using artificial intelligence and may include occasional errors or misspellings. Music 0:00 [rattling] Ready? Music 0:02 I was born ready. Music 0:06 [rock music playing] Sarah Isgur 0:19 Welcome to Advisory Opinions. I'm Sarah Isgur. That's David French. And today, we are going to discuss the ballroom interim docket decision, 5-4, with the Chief Justice leading the dissenters down the field as they talk about crocodiles and otherwise. We also wanna talk about the justices' papers, the New York Times coming out with a long-form piece on basically advocating for releasing those papers sooner rather than later, as well as a piece by Josh Morrow on AI in circuit decisions. Yikes. And we've got some circuit decisions of our own, including the Vacancies Reform Act and the 26th Amendment. David French 1:01 But Sarah, before we really dive in, can we just give a public thank you to the Supreme Court? We're in the dog days of the summer. Normally, it's harder to figure out, like, good stuff to talk about. Thankfully, we've, we've had some good circuit court cases, and they just give us, they just give us a ballroom decision that we can chew on for a good part of this podcast, and we know they did that for us. Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Interactive transcripts are available to Premium members. Join to follow along with the audio. Join Now More We Think You’d Like