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

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?

Reading the tea leaves from cryptic Supreme Court orders can be perilous business because the justices are not bound by the questions they ask at oral argument, the offhand comments they … Continue re ...

A court fundamentally hostile to the rights of voters places the court increasingly at odds with democracy itself.

John Roberts came to the U.S. Supreme Court professing the best of intentions. In his 2005 Senate confirmation hearing, he promised to serve as chief justice in the fashion of a baseball umpire, ...

The wars in the stars never end. But sometimes they fade away.

Among the court’s brief rulings in the “shadow docket,” where time-sensitive cases are heard without oral argument and often ...

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

Brett Kavanaugh discusses the rifts over shadow docket rulings, revealing differing views among Supreme Court justices.

During the first six months of President Donald Trump's second term, the Supreme Court has frequently issued emergency docket ...

Speaking at the Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference this week, Justice Brett Kavanaugh addressed concerns about the Supreme Court's failure ...

Kavanaugh's comments to judges and lawyers in Kansas City come as the Supreme Court faces criticism over using emergency ...