Blaming the Judiciary

Advisory Opinions · Feb 3, 2026 · 1h 3m

Sarah Isgur and David French are hosted by the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and Social Sciences at Dartmouth to discuss the United States at 250 and where the Supreme Court stands today.

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The Agenda:

—The Swing Justice era of the court is the exception

—Thank you Justice Kagan for free tampons

—Legal societies: students vs. professors

—Fringe theories and Unitary Executive Power

—Trigger words for David French: "coequal branches of government"

—Laws of war and…