A mother of four who has been living in the U.S. for over four decades has been detained by immigration officials.

The court's biggest decision of the term, which stemmed from Mr. Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship, came to the justices on its emergency docket. In its 6-3 ruling in the case Trump v.

All of this is in stark contrast with cases on the court’s merits docket, which unfold over about a year and include two rounds of briefs, oral arguments, painstaking deliberations and the ...

The Supreme Court’s shadow docket has become a lawless mess. The justices are issuing extremely consequential rulings with either no explanation at all, or with barely a paragraph of reasoning ...

And that can take years. Because the Supreme Court is agreeing to hear these cases on its shadow docket, it’s stepping in before the underlying legal question is actually resolved.

Speaking in conversation with a federal judge and a lawyer, Justice Kagan focused on the emergency docket and her concerns that the justices’ failure to provide the court’s reasoning in cases ...

Overall, 14 “pure” criminal law cases of 67 court opinions is over one-fifth of the court’s entire merits docket. The third “surprise” headline is that the court’s “liberals” (that is, Justices Sonia ...

Commentary Comment: Supreme Court majority must show its work in rulings Its silence in rulings on emergency docket cases risks appearing arbitrary leaves questions unanswered. Monday, July 21 ...

The conservative wing of the court overly relies on the emergency shadow docket and shouldn't have entertained the administration's birthright argument. 0 seconds of 11 minutes, 3 secondsVolume 0% ...