Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean ...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh acknowledged that the recent flurry of short, unexplained rulings in the Supreme Court’s “shadow ...

On top of the court’s continuous (and contentious) shadow docket work, the next term starting in the fall has several ...

For lawyers, judges and engaged citizens, the book “The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic” has a lot to offer about what the late Yale ...

Why is debate regarding the shadow docket "inevitable?" Detail Justice Kagan's comments. What has Justice Kagan "come to see" over the last few years of using the shadow docket?

Justice Brett Kavanaugh defended the Supreme Court’s recent practice of handing victories to President Donald Trump without ...

“Universities,” Graber wrote, “fear being tied up in litigation for years. Even if they eventually win every case in the ...

Justices fundamentally hostile to the rights of voters place the court increasingly at odds with democracy itself.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday pushed back against criticism over the high court’s limited ...

Political commentator and Democratic strategist James Carville suggested sweeping reforms on his Thursday ‘Politics War Room’ podcast. Responding to Trump’s ongoing gerrymandering plot in Texas to ...

On Friday, Donald Trump followed up a concerning jobs report with massive new global tariffs, driving markets down and once ...

The United States of America has consistently proven since its founding 249 years ago that it is, if nothing else, a ...