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Welcome to Amicus Slate's podcast about the doings at the U.S. Supreme Court.

I am Dahlia Lithwick, and I cover the High Corps for Slate.

As we noted in our last episode, the end of April marked the very last oral arguments in the 2015 term.

We're still waiting for some of the term's biggest decisions to come down.

And in the meantime, Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland has been waiting, waiting, waiting for hearings that do not happen.

But he's been making the rounds on Capitol Hill and making nice with Republican senators who proceed to say that with all due

respect, there will be no hearings.

Later on in the show, we'll look at the latest in the non-story of Merrick Garland's non-confirmation.

But first, as you know, the subversive conceit of this podcast has always been to put the sounds of one

first street right into your earbuds because, well, let's be honest. For most of you, the

alternative is either downloading arguments from the court website or standing in line for hours

in the rain if you want to hear what happens up in the marble hall of justice.

So this week, as we wait for opinions to come down,

we thought we'd air a little tribute to the sounds of the 2015 term,

the cool jazz of one first street.

Audio moments you may have missed.

And to do that, we've brought in one of my most favorite colleagues from the Supreme Court

Press Corps, Tony Morrow, who covers the Supreme Court for the National Law Journal in legal

times and has been on this beat for 37 years. Tony's written two books about the court.

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