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The Court’s shadow docket has grown, With votes often left quite unknown. On maps and the mail, Explanations are frail— The bench needs a lamp of its own!
 | author: | Ken B. Morales; Elizabeth McCauley | institution: | ProPublica | ¿porque no los dos? |
| tl;dr | The article argues that the Supreme Court increasingly makes consequential decisions through its emergency, or “shadow,” docket, often without oral arguments, explanations or disclosed votes. It reports that these substantive decisions outnumbered openly argued cases in the term ending in 2025. It describes subsequent rulings involving White House construction, Missouri redistricting and mail voting, while acknowledging that Trump has not always prevailed. The central concern is reduced transparency in decisions with major public consequences. | ||||
| deeper: | The article favors judicial transparency, which is not inherently partisan. However, phrases such as “in the shadows” create a critical tone, and little space explains legitimate reasons for emergency procedures. A described court-records analysis, supporting links, a request for comment and acknowledgment of Trump’s losses strengthen the reporting. The visible text supplies neither exact comparative counts nor named experts, case identifiers or detailed methodology. Its specific ruling descriptions and quotations cannot be independently verified from these screenshots alone. | ||||
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