The Supreme Court will hear heavy arguments in a short week including disputes over the Boston Marathon bombing and abortion litigation.

On top of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death-penalty case stemming from the 2013 bombing, the justices will also consider whether Kentucky’s Republican attorney general can defend the state’s abortion law after the Democratic governor declined.

The high court will also hear a case about the rules for suing police, plus a dispute over civil-service pensions under the Social Security Act.

Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin give a sneak peek at those upcoming arguments on Oct. 12 and 13.