All civic learning topics for this day
The Supreme Court received 22 emergency applications from Trump's administration in just seven months of 2025—matching Biden's four-year total—and granted 67% compared to Biden's 31% success rate. In 17 consecutive cases, the Court sided with Trump through shadow docket orders without oral argument or full briefing, allowing mass deportations, federal worker firings, and transgender military bans. Georgetown Law professor Stephen Vladeck called this "unprecedented compared to every prior presidency," as 75% of emergency grants produced conservative outcomes while providing minimal legal reasoning to explain decisions affecting millions of Americans.