Kevin StevensApr 27
It’s time for the court to close the “shadow docket” and return to its historic reliance on step-by-step judicial processes that ensure full deliberation and the kind of principled, transparent reasoning the public needs to see if it is going to trust the court going forward.
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/the-supreme-court-killed-the-clean?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#scotus #ussupremecourt #johnroberts #shadowdocket #epa #cleanpowerplan #cpp #climatechange #internalmemo #carbondioxide #powerplant #co2reductions #regulations #2015 #federaltaxincentives
The Supreme Court Killed the Clean Power Plan — and Public Confidence

Chief Justice John Roberts launched a practice that denies public’s insight into the court’s reasoning

The Contrarian
HawkeyeApr 25

How the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Upended Climate Policy The New York Times

The Times has uncovered internal documents indicating a significant alteration in the court's operational procedures, a decision that has been criticized as both hasty and deficient..

#SCOTUS #ShadowDocket

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der.hansApr 24

Leaked memos offer glimpse to how John Roberts puts his thumb on the shadow docket

As OA puts it, who else would protect the monocled man?

https://www.patreon.com/posts/leaked-memos-and-156236724

NYT has the memos

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/18/us/politics/supreme-court-shadow-docket-papers.html

#OpeningArguments #OpenArgsPod #podcast #USpol #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #ShadowDocket

Techdirt [Unofficial]Apr 22

Hypocritically, The Origin Of The Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’ Was An Attempt To Curb Executive Power

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/22/hypocritically-the-origin-of-the-supreme-courts-shadow-docket-was-an-attempt-to-curb-executive-power/

Hypocritically, The Origin Of The Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’ Was An Attempt To Curb Executive Power

I originally began this headline with the word “ironically.” But it would only be ironic if it wasn’t by design. Irony suggests something slightly out of the control of the princi…

Techdirt
curl | sudo bashApr 22

Dark Shadows

#ShadowDocket

https://boingboing.net/2026/04/22/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-secret-origin-of-justice-robertss-shadow-docket.html

Tom the Dancing Bug: The Secret Origin of Justice Roberts's Shadow Docket

Tom the Dancing Bug: The Secret Origin of Justice Roberts's Shadow Docket -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing…

Boing Boing
Kevin StevensApr 21
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/trump-mcconnell-roberts-thats-not?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#uspol #uspolitics #fascism #corrupt #treason #corruption #scotus #heritagefoundation #project2025 #trump #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #trumpcrimefamily #AlexAronson @kimlanelaw Scheppele #mcconnell #mitchmcconnell #federalistsociety #leonardleo #johnroberts #scotus #shadowdocket #judicialbranch #SenateJudiciaryCommittee #usattorney #darinsmith #DanBishop #PhillipWilliamsJr #wyoming #northcarolina #alabama #alvinbragg #specialcouncil #jacksmith #alinahabba #newjersey
Trump, McConnell, Roberts. That’s Not Rule of Law. It’s Rule by Law

The constitutional skids for Project 2025 have been greased by a Trumpian federal judiciary that is carrying out its own autocratic revolution

The Contrarian
LilMikeSFApr 20

Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak of #NYTimes exposed #SCOTUS memos exchanged between the justices over five days in the winter of 2016 this wknd.

Considered the beginning of the #RWNJ #ShadowDocket as court preemptively inserts itself to shape #American future on matters favoring #coal, banning #abortion and “marks the birth of a ... secretive track that the #SupremeCourt has since used to make many major decisions, including granting #PresidentTrump more than 20 key victories on issues from #immigration to agency power.” 

#GiftLink #CourtSystem #LawAndOrder #GOP

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/us/politics/supreme-court-shadow-docket.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b1A.HgjZ.Bk2yGEvI8Ss1

Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 20

As Lauren Egan notes, with upcoming empty seats on the Supreme Court anticipated, "the possibility of a Supreme Court confirmation fight has been the subject of rampant chatter among the Washington political class."

#JohnRoberts #SupremeCourt #RobertsCourt #transparency #accountability #corruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #OpusDei #ShadowDocket
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-arent-buying-reports-of-justice-samuel-alito-staying-put-supreme-court-scotus-retirements-clarence-thomas

Dems Aren’t Buying Reports of Alito Staying Put

How the left is preparing for a midterm-year Trump SCOTUS vacancy—or even two.

The Bulwark
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 20

"Remember when Amy Coney Barrett said of her colleagues 'we’re not a bunch of partisan hacks?' Well, they are a bunch of partisan hacks. And the number one partisan hack is John Roberts."

~ Norman Ornstein

#JohnRoberts #SupremeCourt #RobertsCourt #transparency #accountability #corruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #OpusDei #ShadowDocket
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https://xcancel.com/NormOrnstein/status/2045843172828295264#m

Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 20

(continued from /4)

"whatever was necessary to advance a conservative, pro-business, pro-religious cultural agenda seemingly dictated by The Federalist Society, the Koch Brothers network of billionaires, and arch-conservative Catholic Leonard Leo."

#JohnRoberts #SupremeCourt #RobertsCourt #transparency #accountability #corruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #OpusDei #ShadowDocket
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