In a series of terse, unsigned orders, the court has often been giving the green light to President Trump’s agenda without a ...

The Supreme Court’s concessions to President Trump have reignited complaints about the secrecy of shadow docket rulings.

The Supreme Court on Monday morning added seven new cases, covering issues ranging from campaign-finance regulations to the ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Georgetown University law professor Stephen Vladeck about a recent pattern within the Supreme Court majority: issuing rulings with no written opinion.

Demonstrators demand continued access to abortion during a march on Oct. 2, 2021, in New York City. (AP) What’s the definition of the "shadow docket"?

The shadow docket is simply the nickname for emergency actions taken by the Supreme Court that do not go through the full briefing and hearing process of a formal opinion. Here’s what one expert ...

Most Americans were introduced to the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” in 2021, when the majority declined to block a Texas law that banned abortion in the state after six weeks. Despite the ...

The Court as of this posting has issued six emergency orders on Trump 2.0 actions, including last night's order in Noem v. Garcia . It is too early to know whether the Court is acting wisely on ...

But they are “so rarely issued that” the Supreme Court does not need to weigh in, the state insisted. And in any event, the state added, such orders are “compatible with the Sixth Amendment’s original ...

Jan. 6 defendants bring cases to Supreme Court. Here's what it could mean for Donald Trump The cases are the first to reach the Supreme Court from those involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the ...

Q: What are some examples of “non-disability” cases heard by this Supreme Court that impact people with disabilities? Tani: There are these big cases where they’re going to affect people with ...

“We would expect the court to treat like cases alike, and we would expect lower courts not to repeat the errors that prompt Supreme Court action,” Adler said. “Neither makes a shadow docket ...