Summary: <p>This week marked the start of June, which is the last month of the Supreme Court’s current term. That means we’ll be seeing a number of important rulings in the coming days and weeks on everything from voting restrictions to LGBTQ+ rights to the Affordable Care Act. </p> <p>In total, SCOTUS has <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/major-rulings-including-obamacare-loom-us-supreme-court-2021-06-01/">at least 20</a> cases left to decide before the end of the term. Already this week, there have been decisions in a handful of cases<em>. </em>In a unanimous ruling on Tuesday, for example, SCOTUS affirmed the authority of tribal police and government in <em><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/supreme-court-tribal-police-immigration.html">United States v. Cooley</a>. </em></p> <p>So what other cases should we be watching — and what’s really at stake? The Takeaway spoke about all that and more with Kate Shaw, professor at Cardozo School of Law and co-host of the Supreme Court podcast, <em>Strict Scrutiny</em>. Plus, Robert Barnes, Supreme Court correspondent at The Washington Post, describes the calls for Justice Stephen Breyer to retire ahead of the 2022 midterms while Democrats still control Congress.</p>
