I'm Elizabeth Slattery 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, the prodigal co-host returns.

After a year down in the bayou, I'm pleased to welcome Tiffany Bates back to the show.

Thanks, Elizabeth. It is great to be back and great to be back in D.C.

You mentioned I spent the last year clerking on the Fifth Circuit for Kyle Duncan.

Who, yes, who now is my favorite judge. So sorry to Judge Pryor that he's been demoted to my second

favorite judge. But it was great.

Now I'm back and working at a small appellate boutique in D.C. Concevoy McCarthy.

And I'm really happy to be there and back here.

So this week we're going to preview some of the upcoming oral arguments.

A few cases the court might take up later in the term.

And I also recently sat down with

Sarah Harrington, an alum of the Solicitor General's office. Before we get into what's happening at

the court, I wanted to mention that our mugs are back in stock, so show your love for the podcast

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the number four, and the word bananas, all lowercase at checkout to get your discount. Now on to the

show. So Monday marks the start of a new Supreme Court term. The justices have

already met for their long conference. This is the first time that they meet to discuss petitions

filed over the summer. And we're waiting to hear if they'll grant review in any new cases. So we'll

get into a few petitions in a bit. But before we do that, let's talk about some of the cases that are

scheduled for oral argument in the justice's first week back.

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