Welcome to the news hour. The US Supreme Court handed down rulings in a number of

high-profile cases this morning. The justices ripped up a controversial bankruptcy

deal, one that would have provided billions of dollars to states devastated by the

opioid epidemic, and shielded the family accused of pushing painkillers in search of profits.

The justices the

to abortions for those facing medical emergencies in Idaho for now,

and the court temporarily blocked a Biden environmental policy

regulating air pollution from taking effect.

To help unpack the details and significance of the rulings,

we're joined first by John Yang,

anchor of PBS News Weekend, who also covers the Supreme Court for us.

It's good to see you again, John.

So let's start with this abortion case,

because the Supreme Court, as you well know,

formally dismissed an appeal over Idaho's strict abortion ban,

how did that ruling track with the case document

that was mistakenly uploaded

to the Supreme Court website yesterday?

It was essentially what we got a sneak preview of yesterday,

Jeff, the six to three majority rather, said this case isn't ready to decide yet, so they're going to allow emergency care abortions in Idaho while the Idaho law is challenged and to get that

challenge they're sending it back to the lower courts. Now this also means that

there are a lot of unanswered questions and there's no guidance for lower courts about how to deal with similar laws around the country.

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