01989cam a2200313 i 4500 876241663 TxAuBib 20230310120000.0 221130s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022054586 9781541602632 $30.00 1541602633 $30.00 TxAuBib rda Vladeck, Stephen I. The shadow docket [BOOK] : how the Supreme Court uses stealth rulings to amass power and undermine the republic / Stephen Vladeck. First edition. New York : Basic Books, 2023. xv, 334 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-312) and index. The Supreme Court has always had the authority to issue emergency rulings in exceptional circumstances. But since 2017, the Court has dramatically expanded its use of the behind-the-scenes “shadow docket,” regularly making decisions that affect millions of Americans without public hearings and without explanation, through cryptic late-night rulings that leave lawyers—and citizens—scrambling. The Court’s conservative majority has used the shadow docket to green-light restrictive voting laws and bans on abortion, and to curtail immigration and COVID vaccine mandates. But Americans of all political stripes should be worried about what the shadow docket portends for the rule of law, argues Supreme Court expert Stephen Vladeck. In this book, he issues an urgent call to bring the Court back into the light. -Provided by publisher. 20230629. United States Supreme Court. Political questions and judicial power United States. Extraordinary remedies United States. Pre-trial procedure United States.