A court fundamentally hostile to the rights of voters places the court increasingly at odds with democracy itself.

Why is debate regarding the shadow docket "inevitable?" Detail Justice Kagan's comments. What has Justice Kagan "come to see" over the last few years of using the shadow docket?

Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean ...

Brett Kavanaugh has addressed how the Supreme Court’s short, unexplained rulings in the “shadow docket” have caused a rift ...

Cases and Controversies is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court’s ...

A court is supposed to explain things,” the Obama appointee said during her appearance at a circuit conference. “That’s what ...

Speaking at the Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference this week, Justice Brett Kavanaugh addressed concerns about the Supreme Court's failure ...

Like there’s always been a shadow docket – weird things have happened. LBJ was able to steal the 1948 Democratic Senate primary in Texas because of a shadow docket order.

In a recent ruling allowing the Trump administration to disassemble the Department of Education and fire nearly 1,400 federal ...

Republicans also greatly benefited from the shadow docket, the book points out, after the Supreme Court, acting on emergency petitions, allowed Alabama and Louisiana to use in the 2022 midterms ...

By allowing the Trump administration to decimate the Department of Education, the Supreme Court’s majority has elevated its ...