I'm Elizabeth Lattery and I'm Tiffany Bates 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.

This week we're talking about the new two-minute rule, this the week's oral arguments, and

Elizabeth interviews Justice Gorsuch's former clerks and book contributors.

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And if you don't know what we're talking about, you need to go back and...

Listen to all our previous episodes.

Yeah, exactly.

Well, the court is back in session and unveiled a new rule.

They are allowing advocates to speak for two whole minutes before any of the justices are purportedly allowed to ask questions.

So this week was the first week of argument and the justices were trying out their new rule.

Yeah, it's kind of unheard of because usually it's Codas cases, you know, the justices jump right in with questions right off the bat.

And I called it from day one

that Justice Sotomayor would break this rule on the first day because she's notorious for

jumping in and asking the first question. And it was right when my co-clerks was there for a case

and I was asking him about it and he said Sotomayor jumped in. And then she apologized. She

caught herself

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