The shadow docket used to be the sleepy part of the Court’s work. The ramifications for the individual litigants were still tremendous, of course, but the Court’s unexplained rulings on half-argued ...

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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 ...

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• Some of the most important moves by the Supreme Court in the past few years have come from the so-called “shadow docket,” which means they don’t follow the traditional process of briefs, oral ...