What the Supreme Court Does in the Shadows : Throughline : NPR

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The Supreme Court issues its final decisions of the mandate this month. But it has been extraordinarily active since January, in part because the Trump administration has submitted more than a dozen emergency requests asking the court to quickly reign over controversial issues. These affairs are part of what is called the “shadow file” of the court. And more and more, it affects all our lives. This episode initially published in 2023 and was updated.

Guest:

Steve Vladeck, Author of “The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court uses stealth decisions to raise power and undermine the Republic” and professor of law at the University of Texas in Austin.

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