⚖️Shadow-Docket Caseload Hits All-Time High
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Reuters tracked 19 fast-track appeals by March 27, 2025, with Trump winning nine outright before full hearings. The unprecedented emergency petition volume reshapes immigration, workforce, and LGBTQ policy through accelerated Supreme Court rulings with minimal briefing.
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Why This Matters
Your Transparency:
Major national policies get decided without oral arguments or public hearings.
Your Precedent:
Emergency rulings expand executive leverage over the Supreme Court without normal deliberation.
Your Rights:
Accelerated decisions reshape law affecting immigration, work, and civil rights with minimal review.
Your Democratic Process:
Fast-track appeals bypass normal judicial procedures that protect constitutional deliberation.
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