shadow docket

Noun

1. The cases resolved by the US Supreme Court that do not involve briefing, oral argument, or full judicial opinions.
   • This is not very surprising given that overall confidence in the court has been slipping for the better part of the past decade. But the precipitous drop in the court’s popularity particularly in recent years is worth...
   • By a 5-to-4 vote along partisan lines, the order halted President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, his signature environmental policy. They acted before any other court had addressed the plan’s lawfulness. The decision...