Untested Theories

"The great thing about America is that everyone gets their decade in court."

Published February 2, 2023

Face to face at last, The One And Only Host Sarah Isgur and Untitled Tennessean David French exchange rants about NY prosecutors’ untested legal theory for indicting Trump and about Biden’s approach to ending emergency law (we believe the technical term is “¯\_(ツ)_/¯”).

Also:

-Should “sincerity of belief” factor into religious freedom decisions?
-The vexing cake speech debate continues!
-A judge flunks on the Constitution
–Tingley v. Ferguson: Is therapeutic speech… speech?
-One Catholic father is cleared by the DOJ
-And…why Justice Kavanaugh concurs

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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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