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'Assault on the rule of law': Reagan-appointed judge resigns to speak out against Trump posing a 'threat to democracy and the rule of law'

Jerry LambeNov 10th
'This Court misunderstands the assignment': Jackson pens 'routine' bashing of SCOTUS colleagues for shadow docket order allowing Trump to reinstate anti-transgender policy

Colin KalmbacherNov 7th
'Too much water has now passed': District judge tears into SCOTUS over 'shadow docket' rulings and issues permanent injunction over Trump admin firings anyway

Colin KalmbacherSep 13th
'This court may not overreach': SCOTUS 'shadow docket' rulings compel judge to deny preliminary injunction in Department of Education restructuring case

Colin KalmbacherAug 21st
'A gross incursion on the executive branch': Trump admin urges 1st Circuit to 'correct those errors' and allow mass firings at HHS by staying district court's injunction

Colin KalmbacherAug 15th
'This court would have to blind itself': Trump-appointed district judge relies on SCOTUS 'shadow docket' ruling as 'instructive' – while other judges go different ways

Colin KalmbacherJul 31st
'Brazen request to defy the Supreme Court': Lawyers duke it out over Trump's 'insufficient' attempt to strip deportation protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants

Colin KalmbacherJul 29th
'Layering nothing on nothing': Kagan rubbishes SCOTUS majority for 'under-reasoned' order giving Trump yet another green light to purge Biden appointees

Colin KalmbacherJul 23rd
'Greenlighting this president's legally dubious actions': Jackson upbraids SCOTUS colleagues for 'again' issuing a 'reckless' ruling in Trump's favor on emergency docket

Colin KalmbacherJul 8th
Biden admin favorably cites Justice Gorsuch time and again in hopes that 'blunderbuss approach' to blocking sex discrimination rule will fail at Supreme Court

Elura NanosJul 23rd
The 'Court is not compelled to rise and respond every time': Jackson blasts fellow justices over shadow docket ruling on Idaho transgender ban

Elura NanosApr 16th
All Four Female Justices Vote Against Supreme Court Decision to Block Biden Admin from Setting Its Own Deportation Priorities

Elura NanosJul 21st
SCOTUS Rejects Texas Republicans' Efforts to Avoid Questioning Under Oath About Alleged Discrimination in Redistricting Lawsuit

Colin KalmbacherMay 31st
As Sotomayor Blasts Court for Throwing Out Wisconsin Redistricting Maps, Legal Experts Say Conservative Majority May 'Gut' Voting Rights Act

Colin KalmbacherMar 23rd
Wisconsin Republicans Ask SCOTUS to Throw Out Legislative Maps Drawn by Democratic Governor by Arguing New Majority-Black District Violates the Voting Rights Act

Colin KalmbacherMar 7th
Justice Alito Responds to 'Annoying' Critics of 'Shadow Docket,' Says There Is No 'Dangerous Cabal' Deciding Cases 'in the Dead of Night'

Aaron KellerSep 30th