“Universities,” Graber wrote, “fear being tied up in litigation for years. Even if they eventually win every case in the ...

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

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?

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

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

Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday defended the way the Supreme Court is handling the flood of emergency cases that has ...

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 ...

In a recent ruling allowing the Trump administration to disassemble the Department of Education and fire nearly 1,400 federal workers, the Supreme Court did not answer a straightforward question: Why?

What happens at the Supreme Court is possible only because of the evolution of the shadow docket.

Why is the Supreme Court using its “shadow docket” so often? By David Leonhardt The Supreme Court opinion allowing Texas to ban nearly all abortions was different from most major rulings by ...