UVA Law School: Supreme Court Shadow Docket Leaves Reasoning in the Dark, Professors Say
September 23, 2021
September 23, 2021
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Sept. 23 (TNSPol) -- The University of Virginia's School of Law issued the following news:
Americans might have heard of the U.S. Supreme Court's "shadow docket" after justices refused to halt a restrictive abortion law from going into effect in Texas following an emergency petition to the court.
What is this behind-the-scenes practice? Is it a vital function of the court or a way to create new precedent in the dark?
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Americans might have heard of the U.S. Supreme Court's "shadow docket" after justices refused to halt a restrictive abortion law from going into effect in Texas following an emergency petition to the court.
What is this behind-the-scenes practice? Is it a vital function of the court or a way to create new precedent in the dark?
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