U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday pushed back against criticism over the high court’s limited ...

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

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

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

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

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

Justice Brett Kavanaugh defended the Supreme Court’s recent practice of handing victories to President Donald Trump without ...

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 ...

That renders the Court’s emergency docket not for emergencies at all. The docket becomes only another place for merits determinations—except made without full briefing and argument. The Supreme Court ...

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.

Jurisprudence “Shadow Dockets” Are Normal. The Way SCOTUS Is Using Them Is the Problem. The Supreme Court is not a trial court. By Steve Vladeck April 12, 20216:09 PM Ian Hutchinson on Unsplash ...