Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the court.

I'm John Carlo Conoparo. 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 and another season of SCOTUS 101.

While the court is back in action, GC is off this week, deserving some well-deserved R&R,

so I'm joined by my friend and heritage colleague Jack Fitzhenry today.

Jack, how are you doing?

Doing okay.

Glad to be here.

Well, I'm glad you're here too,

and later in the show we'll see what kind of SCOTIS trivia shops you have, but for now,

let's get right into it with new grants. After its annual long conference where the justices consider all of the petitions that have piled up over at summer recess, the court granted

certiorari in 12 cases. Now, we won't cover all of those cases today, but we will mention a few

that are worth keeping an eye on. Among those cases are two. One is Moody v. Netchoice,

and the other is Net Choice versus Paxton, where the court will be asked to

decide whether certain provisions of Florida's and Texas's social media laws violate the

First Amendment. There's also an interesting takings clause case, DeVilleur versus Texas,

where the court will be asked to decide whether the takings clause is self-executing so that someone

can seek redress, even where

a state's legislature has not affirmatively provided them with a cause of action.

And the court will also be asked to decide the contours of its unconstitutional conditions

doctrine, which is basically a doctrine that says governments can't place conditions on certain grants and other

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