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Experts weigh in on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket, unanimous decisions, birthright citizenship, retirements and more
The Trump administration often prevails in cases on the Supreme Court's emergency docket. The opinion-less decisions in these "shadow docket" cases create questions about the resulting policy.
On Tuesday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor denied a bid by an Ecuadorian national to stave off his extradition to that country to face sexual abuse charges. One day earlier, the full […]
The Supreme Court’s concessions to President Trump have reignited complaints about the secrecy of shadow docket rulings.
Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented Thursday from the court’s decision to halt an outlier federal appeals court ruling that would have further limited the Voting Rights Act.
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The New Republic on MSNThe Supreme Court Has Hit Rock Bottom
For the court’s conservative bloc, the line between upholding the Constitution and serving as Donald Trump’s personal attorneys has all but disappeared.