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 week of SCOTUS 101.

We're still reeling from the Dobbs League, but the court continues to go about its business.

G.C., do we have any new grants since our last episode?

Yes, we do. There were two, Jones v. Hendricks and SEC versus Cochran. Now, for Hendricks, imagine that

you've been convicted of a crime, but you don't think that your conduct is covered by the

relevant law. Normally, what you do in that circumstance is challenge that law in court, but in this

case, the law of the circuit was clearly against the defendants, so they didn't

bother to do that. Later, however, the Supreme Court overruled the lower court precedent and made its

decision retroactive. So the question in Hendricks is, because the defendants didn't challenge the

law in the first place, have they waived the challenge? Are they just out of luck? That's what the court will decide.

And in SEC versus Cochran, the court is essentially being asked to decide whether federal

district courts have the power to consider constitutional challenges to the SEC's administrative

proceedings.

The court also delivered two opinions this week.

G.C., do you mind telling us about the first one?

Not at all.

This was Patel v. Garland.

It was a five to four opinion by Justice Barrett, joined by the Chief Justices and Justice

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