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. We've got an interesting... to our favorite branch of government.

Welcome back to another episode of SCOTUS 101.

We've got an interesting interview this week for you with Robert McNamara of the Institute for Justice and part two of Justices in uniform trivia for Zach.

I can hardly wait.

But first, Zach, tell us about any orders this week.

Yeah, we'll start with probably the

biggest order the court released this past week in the United States v. Texas litigation. As many

of our listeners may recall, this case involves the issue of whether or not Texas's controversial

state-level law, SB4, which deals with illegal aliens, whether this law can take effect while litigation about it is ongoing.

Now, a federal district court judge originally stopped the law from taking effect while the Biden

administration and others challenged it, but the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary

order allowing Texas to enforce the law, which is why the Biden administration asked the U.S.

Supreme Court to step in. In a six to three decision, without which is why the Biden administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in.

In a six to three decision, without any explanation from the majority, the court declined to do so.

Now, Justice Barron, Justice Kavanaugh, did issue a short concurrence explaining their views on certain issues,

and Justice Sotomayor, along with Justice Jackson and Kagan dissented from that. Now, there was further litigation

in the lower federal courts. You may have seen some of that in the news. So stay tuned because

I don't think we've heard the final word on this front. We also had an in-chambers opinion,

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