SCOTUS shadow docket receives 22 emergency applications in seven months

By Mar. 27, 2025, President Trump’s administration filed 19 emergency petitions through the Supreme Court’s shadow docket in its first ten weeks (Reuters Shadow Docket Analysis).

The Supreme Court granted nine of those 19 emergency petitions (approximately 47%) by Mar. 27, 2025 (Supreme Court Emergency Docket Tracker).

Shadow docket orders proceed without oral arguments, receive only limited briefing, and are often issued as unsigned orders, preventing public access to the Court’s full reasoning (NYU Law Shadow Docket Study).