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The Supreme Court’s concessions to President Trump have reignited complaints about the secrecy of shadow docket rulings.
In an unsigned order with no explanation, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority blocked lower-court orders that had stopped President Donald Trump from shuttering the Department of Education.
When the Supreme Court overturns rulings without offering any explanation, it is simply wielding raw power. And raw power ...
The US supreme court' full bench comprises nine judges - six appointed by presidents preceding Trump - three by George W Bush, two by Barack Obama, and one by Joe Biden. Trump himself appointed three ...
Former Chief Justice John Marshall’s quote, “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is,” is a cornerstone of the doctrine of judicial review, ...
In a precedent-based legal system, you can’t know what the law is if you don’t have judicial opinions explaining why the courts have reached their conclusions.
Handed down on the last day of June, the Supreme Court ’s decision in Trump v. CASA was the most important of the term. The court’s six Republican-appointed justices, in an opinion by Justice Amy ...
Washington moved to close a dangerous loophole. Now there’s a constitutional showdown pitting religious freedoms against the duty to protect children ...
Former Chief Justice John Marshall’s quote, “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what ...
In a democracy, no public official should hold unchecked power for life—especially not those tasked with interpreting the ...
It has been some time since US President Donald Trump has asked his supporters “are you tired of winning yet?”, but in recent ...