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.

G.C., you can tell we're reaching the end of the term because the court has started issuing

opinions twice a week.

Coffee shares rise on expectations of court watching podcasters getting very little sleep.

I'm sympathetic.

Maybe we'll have to try some of that Judge Alito's bold Justice blend coffee that his clerks had created for him.

At any rate, I hope you're adequately caffeinated because we're off to the races.

I am.

Great.

Well, we'll start with the opinions. First up is United States v. Palomor Santiago. This is a unanimous opinion by Justice Sotomayor, which stands for the proposition that a particular statute means exactly and only what it says.

G.C., I know this is remarkable, especially coming from Justice Sotomayor.

But here's the situation.

If you're a non-citizen and you break certain laws, you can be deported.

And if you then try to reenter the country, you can be charged with the crime of unlawful

entry.

Now, if you want to defend against that charge by saying

that the underlying deportation order was invalid, you can do that, but according to the statute

at issue in this case, you must show three things. One, that you exhausted all of your administrative

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