What are the limits of presidential power? How many days has it been since President Trump's TikTok ban moratorium went into place? What is the state of the conservative legal movement? And where did former FIRE president David French go on his first date?

French and Sarah Isgur of the popular legal podcast "Advisory Opinions" join the show to answer these questions and discuss the few free speech issues where they disagree with FIRE.

Timestamps: 

00:00 Intro

02:18 Origin story of "Advisory Opinions"

08:15 Disagreements between FIRE and AO

15:04 Why FIRE doesn't editorialize on the content of speech

24:27 Limits of presidential power

43:30 Free speech, the dread of tyrants

51:01 The prosecution of political figures

58:01 Cracker Barrel

01:00:09 State of the conservative legal movement

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