voting rights may be forthcoming, as well and then a conversation with south african opera star pauline malefane and earned international acclaim. the company now on the first u.s. tour stopping here in los angeles to perform mozart's "the magic flute." those conversations coming up right now. ♪ ♪ >>> the first monday in october marked the start of the new supreme court term and in just 24 hours they agreed not to overturn lower court decisions on same-sex marriage. five cases they kicked to the curb essentially. nondecision decision with far reaching implications. other issues of the court to address this term is voting rights, free speech and the internet and workplace hw discrimination. joining us now to assess the drek of this court, adam winkler, author of "gun fight tmplt battle over the right to bear arms in america" and a constitutional law scholar at the ucla school of law. professor winkler, good to have you on this program. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to grab my blue card to get the cases right. i'll set them up and you talk about them. your sense of what the last term says