"Interim Docket" or "Shadow Docket" - Non-Merits Matters at the Supreme Court Topic of White Paper From CRS
February 05, 2026
February 05, 2026
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11391) on Feb. 2, 2026, by legislative attorney Joanna R. Lampe:
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The "Interim Docket" or "Shadow Docket": Non-Merits Matters at the Supreme Court
Over the past decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued approximately fifty to eighty decisions per year in merits cases - matters that receive full briefing and oral . . .
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The "Interim Docket" or "Shadow Docket": Non-Merits Matters at the Supreme Court
Over the past decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued approximately fifty to eighty decisions per year in merits cases - matters that receive full briefing and oral . . .