David French and Sarah Isgur speak with Nico Perrino to discuss the origin story of Advisory Opinions and the few free speech issues where they disagree with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).
Show Notes:
—Origin story of Advisory Opinions
—Disagreements between FIRE and AO
—Why FIRE doesn’t editorialize on the content of speech
—Limits of presidential power
—Free speech, the dread of tyrants
—The prosecution of political figures
—Cracker Barrel
—State of the conservative legal movement
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