Mr Chief Justice,

Justice, may it please to court.

It's an old joke, but when I argue, man argues against two beautiful ladies like this,

they're going to have the last word.

She spoke not elegantly but with unmistakable clarity.

She said, I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our

next. Hello and

Welcome back to strict scrutiny your podcast about the Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it.

We're your host today. I'm Melissa Murray. And I'm Kate Shaw. Of course, the biggest

legal news right now is that former President Donald Trump has been convicted on all 34

felony charges in the hush money election interference case in New York City. That news

dropped after we finished recording this episode, but never fear, Melissa went on

Pod Save America to break it all down with the guys and we dropped that episode

in our feed too. So if you haven't listened to it yet because it's not the you will start with the opinions the court issued last week. We will then cover some

court culture including an update from the court's most stalwart feminist, get excited.

And finally we will do a little bit of podcast Doom scrolling to remind you of the many terrifying and hugely

consequential decisions still outstanding in the month of June. But first opinions.

First up on the opinion front is Kentero v Bank of America. The question presented in that case

was whether the National Bank Act preempts the application of state escrow

interest laws to national banks which involved a nuanced federal preemption question.

Specifically, the question here is whether state laws requiring the payment of interests on national bank escrow accounts were preempted by federal banking laws like Dodd Frank. In this case, the petitioners had obtained

home mortgage loans from Bank of America, a national bank chartered under the National Bank Act.

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