Election Shenanigans

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Isgur, S., & French, D. (2026, October 27). Election Shenanigans. The Dispatch. https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/election-shenanigans/

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The Dispatch · collected 2026-10-27 · by Sarah Isgur, David French

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss election-related legal issues across multiple states, focusing particularly on New Hampshire’s student ID laws and election lawsuits. They also critique what they see as forum shopping in litigation and address judges’ behavior in handling these cases. The discussion includes a brief mention of Sarah voting in Texas and touches on topics like AI and mental health within the context of current political events.
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Sarah Isgur and David French from The Dispatch discuss ongoing election-related legal issues across several U.S. states including Texas, Alaska, and New Hampshire on their podcast "Advisory Opinions." They focus on New Hampshire's student ID laws, challenging media narratives around them, and address specific cases like Sarah Isgur voting in Texas. The discussion also includes criticism of what they term as forum shopping, a practice where litigants strategically choose courts based on perceived favorable rulings.

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Topics

Alaska Dispatch New Hampshire New Hampshire’s Texas

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Alaska GPE · 2× David French PERSON · 2× Dispatch ORG · 2× Sarah PERSON · 2× Sarah Isgur PERSON · 2× Texas GPE · 2× Hampshire GPE · 1× New Hampshire GPE · 1× New Hampshire’s GPE · 1× The Dispatch ORG · 1×

Narrative

The Agenda: –New Hampshire’s student ID laws and why the media got it wrong –Sarah votes in Texas –Harsh opinions and hallucinating decisions Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-27
2026-10-27 · The Dispatch
Election Shenanigans · assertive framing

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss election-related legal woes from New Hampshire to Alaska, election lawsuits and where they’re headed, plus a little takedown of forum shopping. asserted
they → discuss → shopping
The Agenda: –New Hampshire’s student ID laws and why the media got it wrong –Sarah votes in Texas –Harsh opinions and hallucinating decisions Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. asserted
Opinions → get → perspective
If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. asserted
you → like → experience
I was born ready. asserted
I → bear → ?
And we are gonna start with election shenanigans from Alaska to New Hampshire. asserted
we → go → Hampshire
Feels like we're singing, you know, "God Bless America" here. asserted
you → feel → America
[chuckles] We'll talk about the election lawsuits and where they're headed, as well as a revisit of what's causing the interim docket, the likelihood of success on the merits versus forum shopping. asserted
what → talk → shopping
And we've got everything, a history of the rocket docket in the Eastern District of Texas, and a proposal now pending before the Rules Committee to end forum shopping or just make a lot more cases. asserted
we → get → cases
We'll see. asserted
We → see → ?
We'll see what we think. asserted
we → see → what
Before we start though, Sarah, I wanna say, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and Kentucky is number one in the Southeastern Conference on October 26th. asserted
Kentucky → start → 26th
Well, no, I'm gonna say it is, the only time it has happened asserted
it → go → ?
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