I'm Elizabeth Slattery and welcome to Scotus 101, where we break down what's happening at the Supreme Court,

what the justices are up to, and other things related to our favorite branch of government.

This week, I'm joined by John Michael Seibler, once again, to recap the last few weeks at the Supreme Court.

And I also recently sat down with Fifth Circuit

Judge Kyle Duncan. Hey, Elizabeth. Thanks for having me back. So let's talk about some of the

SCOTUS headlines. A lot has happened since our last episode. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was

hospitalized after falling and fracturing three ribs. She missed one non-argument session at the court,

but she expects to be back in time for

arguments starting after Thanksgiving. Here's wishing the notorious RBG a swift recovery.

Not her first rib injury, though. She's a tough cookie. She is a tough cookie. I think she

fractured or broke two ribs in 2012. She's battled and defeated cancer twice. She is a tough cookie.

Right. Her colleague, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, had his formal investiture last week.

President Trump and the First Lady were in attendance at the celebration, where Kavanaugh took

the oath of office. Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Kavanaugh's former D.C. circuit colleague, Merrick Garland, were among the others in attendance.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post had a write-up of the investiture, and he noted that President Trump was seen but not heard.

So a rare feat for our president. Moving on to cert grants and pending cases, the court

scheduled Nick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania, for re-argument later in the term. We've discussed

this case before. It's the dispute over rocks on private property and whether they are actually

gravestones. And the property owner is asking the court to overrule a 1980s-era Supreme Court precedent

that requires property owners to exhaust takings claims in state court before they can go to federal court.

The Supreme Court has asked the parties to file briefs addressing an issue that came up during the argument,

which is when does the property owner's right to compensation accrue? This is likely a sign that the

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