Supreme Court fills out docket for term: Petitions to watch

The Supreme Court in the coming days is set to fill out its remaining docket for the term. Behind closed doors Friday, the ...

Supreme Court, Swamped by Emergencies, Neglects Rest of Docket

Only once in the modern era have the justices taken this long to issue their first decision — and when it came, it wasn’t the ...
U.S. News & World Report

The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket: What It Is and Why It Matters

The term sounds daunting, like it's lurking and waiting to strike – “the shadow docket.” You’ve probably heard the label by now, but it’s going to keep coming up. So let’s break down what it is and ...
CNN

New book explores how the Supreme Court uses its ‘shadow docket’ to change the law

The Supreme Court has increasingly used emergency orders to shape the law in cases concerning a variety of hot-button issues, a move that has quietly given the court more power over the years, CNN ...
USA Today

Should Americans worry about the Supreme Court's 'shadow' docket? This expert says yes.

WASHINGTON − The availability of the abortion pill mifepristone. A 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia who wanted to compete on the girls' cross-country team. A ban on certain kinds of ...
Washington Examiner

Supreme Court’s emergency docket orders frustrate liberal justices

The Supreme Court typically takes its time when deciding cases, but the Left’s flurry of lawsuits against the Trump administration has filled up the high court’s emergency docket and forced the ...