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 what we're thankful for in cases heading to conference.

And we recently sat down with Judge David Straff.

So as we enter the holiday season, we want to take a minute to thank first and foremost our listeners.

Without you, there wouldn't be a show, so thanks for joining us each week. And we love hearing from you,

so keep the feedback coming. I'm also thankful for the return of Tiffany Bates.

The last year was a little bit harder doing the podcast on my own and having a rotating

cast of characters to come co-host with me, so I'm so glad that Tiffany is back.

Well, I'm also glad to be back.

Although not in person with me in the studio today.

Sorry to hear you're not feeling well.

And finally, I'm thankful for the new two-minute rule.

Although, as Justice Kagan suggested in a speech, and I think Tiffany, you're going to get into this more

later, Justice Kagan's speech. I wish it was only a one-minute rule because two minutes really

seems like an eternity. But I'm glad that the justices are letting advocates talk a little bit and

sort of lay out their vision of their case before the justices pounce with questions.

That's great.

And I'm very thankful to be back on the podcast and I'm thankful for my new job or get to work with some of the best lawyers around on a bunch of fun scotis cases.

I'm also thankful for my clerkship, which we plan to talk about in a future episode.

I've never learned so much in one year. And once again,

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