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The shadow docket : how the Supreme Court uses stealth rulings to amass power and undermine the republic / Stephen Vladeck.

by Vladeck, Stephen I., author.

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New York : Basic Books, 2023.

United States. Supreme Court.

Political questions and judicial power -- United States.

Extraordinary remedies -- United States.

Pre-trial procedure -- United States.

9781541602632 (hardcover) :

1541602633 (hardcover) :

xv, 334 pages ; 25 cm

Introduction: The shadow docket -- The rise of certiorari : how the "least dangerous branch" came to control its agenda -- Substance in procedure : how the court decides without deciding -- The machinery of death : how capital punishment gave rise to the modern shadow docket -- The tenth justice : how the Trump Administration blew up the shadow docket -- COVID and the court : how the court abused the shadow docket to expand religious liberty -- The Purcell "principle" : how the current court uses the shadow docket to help Republicans -- "Read the opinion" : how the court's abuse of the shadow docket undermines its legitimacy -- Conclusion: Bringing the Supreme Court out of the shadows.

"The Supreme Court has always had the authority to issue emergency ruling, but, until recently, it did so only in exceptional circumstances. Yet in the past decade, the court has dramatically expanded its use of the behind-the-scenes shadow docket, regularly handing down major decisions that affect millions of Americans through unsigned, unexplained, and often late-night rulings that leave lawyers--and citizens--scrambling. In The Shadow Docket, acclaimed legal scholar Steve Vladeck exposes the Supreme Court's increasing use of unsigned, unexplained orders to change the law--all behind closed doors. The Court's conservative majority has used the shadow docket to green-light restrictive voting laws and bans abortion, and to curtail immigration and COVID-vaccine mandates. But the shadow docket isn't just a partisan issue, and Vladeck makes the case that Americans of all political stripes should be worried about what the increasing use of the shadow docket portends for the rule of law. Rigorous yet accessible, The Shadow Docket uncovers a disturbing institutional crisis that threatens the foundations of our democracy--and issues an urgent call to bring the Court's decision-making processes back into the light."-- Publisher.

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