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

Cases and Controversies is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court’s ...

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

Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday defended the way the Supreme Court is handling the flood of emergency cases that has ...

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

A court is supposed to explain things,” the Obama appointee said during her appearance at a circuit conference. “That’s what ...

The Supreme Court’s concessions to President Trump have reignited complaints about the secrecy of shadow docket rulings.

In a recent ruling allowing the Trump administration to disassemble the Department of Education and fire nearly 1,400 federal ...

The Supreme Court has handled a flood of appeals from the Trump administration on its emergency docket, also known as the ...

Experts weigh in on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket, unanimous decisions, birthright citizenship, retirements and more ...

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

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan called on her colleagues to exercise caution when issuing emergency orders in legal ...