Alright, man, my first big question for you, given these two big rulings on DACA and on worker protections for queer people,

on a scale of like one to oh my goodness, how big of a week was this for the Supreme Court?

Oh, this was an oh my goodness week, okay, okay.

Hey y'all, this is Sam's Aunt Betty.

This week on the show, a look at big decisions from the Supreme Court and Black Lives Matter in the UK.

Alright, let's start the show.

Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders, it's been a minute.

As my Aunt Betty just said, we have a lot to talk about this episode.

Seems like there's so much happening right now and it's all happening all at once.

The Supreme Court has expanded the rights of not just one but two marginalized groups this week,

DACA recipients and LGBTQ workers across the country.

And at the same time, protests continue across the globe on behalf of another marginalized community.

Black and brown people victimized at the hands of the police.

What does it mean when all this change seems to be happening all at the same time?

This episode will try to explore that.

To start, let's make sense of what exactly the Supreme Court did this week.

Mark Joseph Stern covers the courts and the law for slate.

He was the voice you heard at the top of the show.

I called that Mark to ask him what these rulings actually mean

and whether we really understand just how big of a deal they are.

So I want to break down both of these cases quickly and then I want to get big picture

and talk about what these rulings say about the court right now,

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