Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the court.

I'm John Carlo Canoparo.

I'm Zach Smith.

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.

Welcome back to another episode of SCOTUS 101.

Things are finally heating up at the court as the justices returned to begin their final

oral argument sitting for the term, and they also handed down several decisions.

But first, G.C., is there anything interesting on the orders front this week?

Yes, there is. In Labrador v. Poe, the court stayed the injunction against enforcement of Idaho's

Vulnerable Child Protection Act. That means that Idaho's ban on sex change surgeries and hormone

treatments for children remains in effect. The case is still in its early stages, and this was

only a preliminary move, so the

litigation remains ongoing. But the order was noteworthy because the justice is engaged in a

discussion about the propriety of nationwide injunctions, which the injunction against Idaho's

act was. Now those are injunctions that purport to bind everyone in the country, not just the parties

to the lawsuit.

They have come under withering criticism, both from some justices, judges, and scholars.

These injunctions now have three justices who oppose them outright, Thomas, Alito,

and Gorsuch, two who expressed skepticism, Kavanaugh and Barrett, two who said that

this injunction didn't qualify, that's Jackson and Sotomayor, but critically they were not

willing in this opinion, at least to defend nationwide injunctions and two justices who are

silent on the topic, which are Roberts and Kagan.

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