Biden Top Supreme Court Lawyer Laments Shadow Docket Effect (1)

May 2, 2024, 3:07 PM UTCUpdated: May 2, 2024, 3:59 PM UTC

The increasing workload of the US Supreme Court’s so-called shadow docket has had a substantial impact on the federal government’s top lawyers at the high court.

It’s one of the “biggest shifts” in the court’s work, US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said at an ABA panel on Thursday. The Solicitor General’s Office handles all of the federal government’s cases at the Supreme Court.

Consideration of cases on the shadow, or emergency, docket are often significantly expedited despite involving some of the most controversial issues. This term, the justice heard argument in five shadow docket cases, including the ...

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