The Shadow Docket
The Shadow Docket  
Podcast: Civics 101
Published On: Tue May 10 2022
Description: The blocking of a majority-Black congressional district in Alabama. OSHA regulations requiring vaccinations or a negative COVID test result. A law in Texas banning abortions after six weeks. All of these controversial issues were decided not through the tried-and-true method of a hearing in the Supreme Court, but rather through a system called "the shadow docket," orders from the court that  are (often) unsigned, inscrutable, and handed down in the middle of the night. Professor Stephen Vladeck takes us through this increasingly common phenomenon. CLICK HERE: Visit our website to donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more!