Butterfly Knives and Felon Voting Rights

Dude Person, Pig Cage, and Jet Toner.

Published August 10, 2023 • Updated August 9, 2023

David and a particularly congested Sarah plan to forward this especially packed AO straight to the Supreme Court. Does the Eighth Amendment enshrine a felon’s right to vote and do people really think Jews have horns? Plus:

-Trump protective order battle

-Ghost gun regulation

-Southwest Airlines attends religious liberty training

-Butterfly knives and commercial firearm sales

-Ohio ballot initiative

-College football names

-What if Saturn was where our Moon is?

Show notes-

-David’s NYT column: I Don’t See a ‘Rogue’ Supreme Court

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Sarah Isgur

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. 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

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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