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 ...

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 ...

I am pleased to introduce SCOTUSblog readers to the Interim Docket Blog, where Will Baude, Dan Epps, I, and surely others, will comment on Supreme Court interim orders and related matters. An interim ...

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 ...

Critics call the expedited rulings, which have become routine in the second Trump administration, the “shadow docket.” The justices have other ideas. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington About a ...

Trump's emergency application to stay his sentencing has the docket number 24A666. Sometimes, the truth is stranger than fiction. To the majority's credit, there is a brief explanation why the stay ...

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito launched a litany of acerbic barbs at critics of the Supreme Court's so-called shadow docket on Thursday. Noting that the term was coined in a 2015 law review ...

The Supreme Court typically takes its time when deciding cases, but the Left's flurry of lawsuits against the Trump administration has filled up the high court's emergency docket and forced the ...