(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 ...

Chief Justice John Roberts quietly defended the courts’ independence by focusing on history, not politics at the end of 2025.

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

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 New York Times published a big story over the past weekend featuring anonymous quotes from multiple federal judges who are worried about how the U.S. Supreme Court is seemingly going out of its ...

Nuts and Bolts is a recurring series by Stephen Wermiel providing insights into the mechanics of how the Supreme Court works. Discussion of the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” is everywhere. But why ...

Mark Joseph Stern: We certainly had a bumper crop of bad decisions this year. What’s your nominee for worst of the worst? Then the Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court in an emergency ...

WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — Senators on the Judiciary Committee took a look Wednesday at the new Texas abortion law, Senate Bill 8. The law bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, which could be ...

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 ...