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

welcome back to Strict scrutiny your podcast about the Supreme Court and the legal

culture that surrounds it. We're your hosts I'm Melissa Murray. I'm Kate Shaw and I'm

Leah Lehman and last week the Supreme Court wrapped up its October session the

first session of the new term and mother earth you're already in danger girl. So to explain how, we're going to spend a good

portion of this episode breaking down the big environmental case the court heard last week,

before briefly touching on the other cases that were also argued.

Then for our court culture segment we'll discuss some cases in other courts, one appellate case

decided by the Sixth Circuit, a district court decision on political speech out of Florida,

and then also some state court developments, one on voting

rights from Nebraska, another on reproductive justice out of Tennessee, and some recent voting developments

out of Georgia. And we will finish up by discussing the passing of a major figure at Skotis.

So for listeners who are following this issue, we do know that the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments

in a challenge to the DACA, that's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program,

about a week and a half ago.

We do plan to cover that argument in our November preview, so two episodes from now when we talk

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