This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. As the Supreme Court wrapped ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discussion of the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” is everywhere. But why exactly is this area of the court’s work attracting so ...

(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump’s administration has filed an unprecedented number of petitions to the Supreme Court’s so-called shadow docket, which have cleared the path for policies such as ...

In making frequent, ill use of the “shadow docket,” the high court is not just handing Trump policy victories. It’s upending the rule of law. Courts play an important role in authoritarian regimes.

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. On Thursday, a federal district judge allowed a lawsuit challenging the ...

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The Supreme Court's new term began this month after not too much of a summer vacation. Between the beginning of their break at the end of June and their October return, the nine justices granted stays ...

Trump v. Illinois is the kind of Supreme Court opinion written for the headlines. For example, the New York Times blared "Supreme Court Refuses to Allow National Guard Deployment in Chicago." Most ...

NPR's Ayesha Racoe speaks with Yale Law School professor William Eskridge about confusion in the lower courts on many hot-button issues and the lack of direction from the Supreme Court. The Supreme ...