Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the court.

I'm John Carlo Canoparo.

I'm Zach Smith.

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.

Well, folks, this was it, the big week.

Oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, the case that urges the court to overrule Roe

versus Wade and Planned Parenthood versus Casey.

But before we talk about that, G.C., we have some other ground to cover, so let's get right to it.

Were there any notable orders or our opinion since our last show?

One notable issue in the case of Arlene's Flowers v. Washington, the parties jointly dismissed that case.

Arlene's flowers involved a florist who refused on religious grounds to make an arrangement for a same-sex wedding

and raised many of the issues left unresolved when the Supreme Court decided masterpiece

cake shop on narrow grounds.

The dismissal follows the court's earlier refusal to take the case and came while a request

to reconsider that decision was still pending.

Since our last episode, there's been one notable grant, and we also have our first opinion of the term.

First up, the grant.

This was in the case of Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP.

The issue there is whether Republican members of the state's House and Senate can intervene

to defend the state's voter ID law when the Democratic Attorney General is already doing so,

but not in the view of the Republican representatives well enough.

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