The shadow docket how the Supreme Court uses stealth rulings to amass power and undermine the republic
"At 11:34 PM on April 9, 2021, the Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling. California governor Gavin Newsom's bid to enact enhanced COVID restrictions was overturned in a sweeping redefinition of existing law. The shadowy circumstances of this ruling--an unsigned decision made in just a...
| Main Author: | Vladeck, Stephen I. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The shadow docket
- The rise of certiorari : how the "least dangerous branch" came to control its agenda
- Substance in procedure : how the court decides without deciding
- The machinery of death : how capital punishment gave rise to the modern shadow docket
- The tenth justice : how the Trump Administration blew up the shadow docket
- COVID and the court : how the court abused the shadow docket to expand religious liberty
- The Purcell "principle" : how the current court uses the shadow docket to help Republicans
- "Read the opinion" : how the court's abuse of the shadow docket undermines its legitimacy
- Conclusion: Bringing the Supreme Court out of the shadows.