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Hi, and welcome to Amicus. This is Slate's podcast about the courts and the law.

And the Supreme Court, I'm Dahlia Lithwick.

I cover these things for Slate.

And the whole magazine is trying to model really smart community distancing this week, which means we're all working from home.

We're washing our hands.

We're avoiding unnecessary travel.

And yes, we're podcasting from our closets.

So welcome to the new normal now with extra piles of sweaters. There has been an immense amount

of Supreme Court activity these last few weeks. We're going to try to hit the high points and catch up

with the rest of it with Slate's Mark Joseph Stern in our new bonus segment for Slate Plus members.

If you're not a Slate Plus member, you should check it out at slate.com slash amicus plus.

Suffice to say that the 5-4 madness continues apace at the high court.

The court just this week allowed the Trump administration's remain in Mexico policy

that we covered in a show in December to go forward over a stinging dissent by Justice Sonia Sonomayor, and it remains to be seen whether the court will continue to hear arguments in the coming weeks.

But we promised we would do this week's show about June medical.

That was the big abortion case that was argued last week at the Supreme Court.

We also wanted to give a little news you can use about, well, the law of pandemics.

Luckily, we have a guest today who is an expert on both those things, and we're just delighted to have her back on the show.

Michelle Goodwin is Chancellor's Professor of Law and Director of the Center for

Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at UC Irvine School of Law. Her brand new book,

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