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Supreme Court Is Split on What to Call the ‘Shadow Docket’

Critics call the expedited rulings, which have become routine in the second Trump administration, the “shadow docket.” The justices have other ideas.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, criticized the Supreme Court’s expedited rulings in a 2021 hearing on a Texas abortion law that effectively overturned Roe v. Wade in the state.
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On the Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket, Sharp Partisan Divides

The second Trump administration has filed roughly the same number of applications so far as the Biden administration did over four years. But they have fared quite differently.

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In New Book, Think Tank Behind Project 2025 Takes On the Constitution

The Heritage Foundation’s clause-by-clause analysis, to be published next month, is an originalist manifesto and a showcase for aspiring Supreme Court nominees.

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The Heritage Foundation, founded in 1973, has long shaped the personnel and policies of Republican administrations.
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