Representative Steve Cohen introduced an impeachment resolution for Chief Justice John Roberts, citing the use of the #shadowdocket (aka #emergencydockets) among other issues.

https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-john-roberts-impeachment-steve-cohen-11984709

Alito Helped Normalize Unreasoned Shadow Docket Orders. Now He’s Mad About One.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/19/alito-helped-normalize-unreasoned-shadow-docket-orders-now-hes-mad-about-one/

After watching John Oliver discuss the #shadowdocket of the #SupremeCourt yesterday, I want to read critiques of this process.

I am more convinced that the Supreme Court's expanded use of the shadow docket with Trump's encouragement is evidence of a poor separation of powers. It is a bad look and bad practice to take so many cases this way, especially with a Court that has been purchased with dark money. (Fuck you, #LeonardLeo !!!)

https://www.culawreview.org/journal/the-shadow-dockets-shadowy-history-and-an-argument-for-its-alternation

Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative and share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us

Dear Senator / Representative -

I am very upset about the speed with which the Supreme Court ruled on the Alabama case, and I want you to draft legislation to reform the shadow docket process. The shadow docket should not exist.

At 5:38 p.m. on Monday of last week, the Supreme Court issued a shadow docket ruling allowing Alabama to redraw its congressional maps in a way that dilutes Black voting power. That was 38 minutes after the opposing parties filed their response briefs.

So the nine Supreme Court Justices sat with 107 pages of briefs, read every sentence attentively, weighed the arguments of each against Alabama's motion, reached a consensus among six of the nine justices, issued an order and a dissent all in 38 minutes?

The ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct instructs judges to "accord to every person who has a legal interest in a proceeding, or that person's lawyer, the right to be heard according to law." Note that this is not merely the right to speak at a hearing — it is the right to be heard.

The judicial system functions only when litigants and the public believe they are receiving a fair hearing.

The shadow docket is not a fair hearing. Please legislate the end of the ability of the Supreme Court to use the shadow docket.

#Resist #ResistOfTheDay #SCOTUS #ShadowDocket #SupremeCourt

#StrictScrutiny [PODCAST] 🎙️ "How SCOTUS is Waging Electoral Warfare"

https://podcasts.wesfryer.com/episode/wd5gzAKzlnrD3YeXLeTX

#podcommons #ConCW #CultureWar #SupremeCourt #ShadowDocket #democracy #abortion

#hantavirus #ebola #WHO #measles #rfkjr #genocide #Defundingfema #defundingscience #iran #watercrisis #massstarvationingaza #venezuela #cuba #datacenters #Gasturbines #inflation #concentrationcamps #jimcrow2 #ICE #cryptocurrency #billionairetaxbreaks #jan6pardons #shadowdocket #drillbabydrill #inflation #MediaControl #churchandstate #SchoolLunch #bookBans #usaidcuts #EpsteinFiles

“Sure, I disagree with some of his policies but he has the country going in the right direction!”

Which direction is that you racist, sexist, homophobic, and willfully ignorant fascist collaborators?

The Shadow Docket: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

May 11, 2026

"John Oliver discusses the shadow docket – a shortcut to the Supreme Court which is rapidly advancing the Trump administration’s agenda. Plus, some fun and unexpected facts about turtles [And #MilitaryDolphins]! You know, to spice things up."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKeq4CEZtm8

#USPol #LastWeekTonight #JohnOliver #comedy #TV #SCOTUSIsCompromised #ShadowDocket #EmergencyRuling #Fascism #Authoritarianism #TrumpSucks #EmergencyDocketAbuse #EmergencyDockets #SCOTUS

Can the #supremecourt itself be sued for misuse of the #ShadowDocket , specifically its failure to meet the threshold of demonstrable “irreparable harm” to the petitioner? (In cases of #trump admin seeking shadow docket blessing or reprieve, refusal would typically be continued status quo, not loss.)

#scotus would rule for itself, were the matter brought, but the intellectual seed would be planted, and could even serve as grounds to remove justices who have abused the doctrine.

#uspol