We’re approaching the end of the Supreme Court term, but things are not slowing down yet. This week the Court will hear two important cases about criminal punishment. These two cases act as bookends for Tuesday’s argument in the same-sex marriage cases.

On Monday, the Court will consider the elements of an excessive force claim against a correctional officer under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in Kingsley v. Hendrickson. Former Solicitor General Paul Clement will argue on behalf of the correctional officer.

On Tuesday, the Court will hear a combined 2.5 hours of argument in Obergefell v. Hodges, the same-sex marriage cases. The first question, whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires a state to license same-sex marriages, will get the lion’s share of the argument time, 90 minutes. The second question, whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires another state to recognize a valid out-of-state same-sex marriage, will receive 60 minutes of argument time.

The Court will return to criminal punishment on Wednesday as it considers Glossip v. Gross, a case about Oklahoma’s protocol for lethal injections. Glossip gained momentum last year after the execution of Clayton Lockett went poorly. (I wrote a piece about the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s shenanigans in the Lockett case last year.) Oklahoma Solicitor General Patrick Wyrick will argue for the state.