The Supreme Court’s emergency docket has shrunk in recent months, and the way justices issue opinions on these cases has also changed. Our reporter Ann Marimow looks at what these shifts tell us about the justices, and what it could mean for the court.
The Supreme Court’s emergency docket has flared up in the thick of the justices’ summer recess. President Trump is urging the justices to revive his mail ballot restrictions and allow White House ballroom construction to resume. It again puts the high court in the hot seat after its string of key rulings on other aspects of [...]
A last-ditch filing this week came on behalf of a dog that a judge found to be “vicious” and shows how the court’s emergency docket has been growing.
Supreme Court justices are trading barbs over the court's direction, breaking from their usually private and civil decorum. Why it matters: The recent remarks have offered a rare public display of the deep ideological divides within the most secretive branch of the U.S. government. - The fracture's timing is extraordinary since "this is the time of year, traditionally, when the court is putting the finishing touches on its biggest, and these days, most divisive, rulings," Georgetown law professor Stephen Vladeck tells Axios. - The conservative-majority court still has to decide on landmark cases involving voting rights , birthright citizenship and executive power of the president — all cases that could redefine American life for…
Brett Kavanaugh had claimed the Supreme Court has treated Donald Trump and Joe Biden similarly when it comes to its emergency docket.
In a rare joint appearance, Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett M. Kavanaugh offered sharply different views on how the court should handle emergency requests.
During a public forum, Jackson and conservative Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh offered differing views of President Trump’s wins before the high court.
Liberal justices accused their colleagues of expanding use of the emergency docket again in two orders issued this week.