Over the first two weeks of November, the court heard cases on abortion in Texas, gun rights in New York, religious rights of death-row inmates, and more. Katie Barlow joins Amy Howe to break it all down.

Two weeks of action-packed arguments

Amy Howe and Katie Barlow review a busy Supreme Court week, including a new cert grant in a religious-freedom case, the latest action on the shadow docket, and “maskgate.” SCOTUStalk is launching a new Q&amp;A feature. Send us your questions about the justices, how the Supreme Court works, or a case that’s pending before the court. We may answer your question on future episodes. You can email your questions to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:SCOTUStalk@scotusblog.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SCOTUStalk@scotusblog.com</a> or leave a voicemail at (202) 596-2906. Please tell us your first name and where you’re calling from. (Music by Keys of Moon Music via Soundcloud)

Squabbles over masks and shadow-docket tasks

Sean Marotta, a partner at Hogan Lovells and an expert on the legal challenges to Biden vaccine policies, joins us to dissect Friday’s remarkable oral arguments. If you have questions about the court, the justices, or an upcoming case, please email us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:scotustalk@scotusblog.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">scotustalk@scotusblog.com</a>. We may answer your question on a future episode of SCOTUStalk. (Music by Keys of Moon Music via Soundcloud)

Breaking down the vaccine arguments

Gabe Roth, the executive director of Fix the Court, discusses the Biden court commission's final report and why he believes term limits are the superior court reform. If you have questions about the court, the justices, or an upcoming case, please email us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:scotustalk@scotusblog.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">scotustalk@scotusblog.com</a>. We may answer your question on a future episode of SCOTUStalk. (Music by Keys of Moon Music via Soundcloud)

Term limits, transparency, and other proposed Supreme Court fixes

Mary Ziegler, a professor at Florida State University and the foremost expert on abortion law, analyzes the ruling in&nbsp;Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson&nbsp;and the argument in&nbsp;Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

The Texas abortion decision and the Mississippi abortion argument

In advance of Wednesday's oral argument in the momentous abortion case, Shefali Luthra, a gender and health care reporter for The 19th, joins SCOTUStalk to describe what abortion access in Mississippi looks like on the ground and how the court's ruling might play out.

Roe, Dobbs, and the current state of abortion access

In advance of a momentous November argument session, SCOTUSblog Editor James Romoser joins Amy Howe to dissect the two challenges to Texas’ six-week abortion ban and the challenge to New York’s restriction on carrying guns in public.

Abortion, guns, and the rocket docket

At the conclusion of the October argument sitting, longtime SCOTUSblog contributor Mark Walsh joins Amy Howe to select 10 big themes from the court’s first in-person arguments since the start of the pandemic.

A top 10 list for the justices’ return to the courtroom

As the court begins its 2021-22 term and the justices return to the courtroom for the first in-person arguments in a year and a half, Katie Barlow rejoins Amy Howe to&nbsp;talk October arguments, new cert grants, and the justices’ gripes about the media.

First Monday in October

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