The high court, which now includes Biden nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, will hear cases that will determine the future of affirmative action, voting rights and election integrity.

And the president announced that he will pardon people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law and D.C. statute. That will impact far fewer of people compared to the number convicted on state charges, but the White House says the administration hopes local leaders will follow Biden's example.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, and podcast producer Casey Morell.

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