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Adam Liptak on the ‘Shadow Docket,’ a Changing Supreme Court, and How It’s Covered

New York Times Chief Legal Affairs Correspondent Adam Liptak and Professor Sam Bray. Photos by Lloyd DeGrane. At the 2026 ...
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Court adds two cases to 2026-27 docket

Reminder: Tomorrow is a big day for SCOTUSblog. We will be launching our rebuilt website and hosting a live blog for the ...

Arguments May Shed Light on the Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’

The Trump administration urged the justices to rely on earlier terse emergency rulings and explain “what to make of this ...

Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ brings hasty decisions with long‑lasting implications, outside of its usual careful deliberation

Defenders of the emergency docket frequently claim that the court’s conduct is permissible because its orders are temporary.
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Supreme Court adds another gun case to the docket, over drug use and the Second Amendment

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide another Second Amendment case this term, taking on the question of whether a federal law that bars gun possession by anyone who is “an unlawful user of or ...

How the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Upended Climate Policy

The Times unearthed memos that signaled a major shift in the court’s operations, in a decision that critics say was rushed ...
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How the justices decide … which cases to decide: an explainer

One of the more frequent questions we get here at SCOTUSblog is how the court decides which cases to review on the merits – that is, to have additional briefing […] The post How the justices decide ...