Only once in the modern era have the justices taken this long to issue their first decision — and when it came, it wasn’t the ...

I am not just another pundit speculating on the nature of the interim relief docket, and this is not just another article critiquing the justices’ use of it. Rather, I have gathered all emergency ...

Nuts and Bolts is a recurring series by Stephen Wermiel providing insights into the mechanics of how the Supreme Court works. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the ...

Emergency rulings are “fundamentally changing the way EPA authority works,” said one environmental lawyer. The Supreme Court is once again reaching out through its emergency docket to bring ...

President Donald Trump has an almost flawless record on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket this year, a streak that has delivered crucial moments of relief to the government as it fights hundreds of ...

The Supreme Court is deciding cases that involve critical decisions affecting our everyday lives while using a procedure that provides little to no transparency to the public. Ahead of the 2022 ...

Washington — The Supreme Court spent much of its most recent term responding to a fire hose of requests for emergency relief sought by the Trump administration, as President Trump's efforts to ...

Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. When thinking of cases in front of ...

SCOTUS's Shadow Docket Has Gotten Out of Control The Supreme Court has been granting relief when the applicant has not truly demonstrated irreparable harm, effectively deciding cases at too early a ...

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 ...

Most cases you’ve heard of, including Brown and Roe, have been decided on something called the “merits docket.” When a case makes it through the lower courts to the merits docket, standard procedure ...