The now-frequent use of the "shadow docket" to quickly solve any politically charged case in the conservative direction, without proper judicial review and often when no real emergency exists, proves the point that the conservative justices were ALWAYS the activist judges the right has always complained of.
The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/us/politics/supreme-court-shadow-docket.html
#supremecourt #law #scotus #johnroberts #supremecourtoftheunitedstates #legal #shadowdocket #politics
They're not using the shadow docket to regularly solve politically charged cases. They're using it to temporarily provide relief while the process works its way to solution.
That's the entire point of these orders: this case is in process, but it's going to take time, so how do we minimize damages during that delay?
