The Shadow Rulings of the Supreme Court The Supreme Court's emergency docket has been making headlines in recent months due to its unprecedented number of consequential rulings.
These unsigned decisions, often without explanation, have become a hallmark of the current term, raising concerns among constitutional scholars and lawmakers that this trend may be setting a worrying precedent.
In modern history, justices have issued more substantive decisions on their emergency docket than in cases argued in open court for the first time.