Taraleigh Davis
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What the public thinks about the emergency docket (opens the original)
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This column has generally been about what the emergency docket does: how fast the justices act, how often lower courts cite its orders, who dissents on it and in what form, and where denied litigants go when they refile. This month covers something different. Scholars have measured the docket’s growth. Journalists have covered its biggest orders. Two justices have argued about its legitimacy in public speeches. In August, I surveyed 1,455 American adults and asked them what they thought about th
Dissents on the emergency docket are not created equal (opens the original)
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By now, you have probably read a great deal about the Supreme Court’s emergency docket – and a fair amount about the justices who disagree with its orders. Over the past year, in this space alone, I have written about how long the court takes to act on these applications, how often lower courts cite the orders it produces, and the justice shopping that shows up in refiled applications. Almost every part of this docket has been picked over: the speed, the secrecy, and how often it’s used. But one
Justice shopping on the emergency docket? (opens the original)
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Over the past year, I have written about the emergency docket, and each time the analysis has centered on substantive applications over such issues as whether agency heads can be fired or whether election maps stand. But don’t forget there are two other categories of emergency applications: death penalty applications and refiled applications. Today, we are going to focus on refiles, which you may or may not know exist (they certainly do not generate much attention in the popular press). A refile
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