The Supreme Court Is Now Trump's Courthouse, and This New Term Proves It
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Twice as many emergency rulings as merits-docket rulings. That is not a court.
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Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Hector Rentier
- Primary entities
- U.S. Supreme Court, Stephen Vladeck, Deepak Gupta, Frank Ravitch, Don Verrilli Jr., Erin Murphy, Pam Karlan, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, St. Mary Catholic Parish, Trump administration, Department of Homeland Security
- Themes
- Supreme Court term preview, Religion and education funding, Second Amendment and semi-automatic weapons, Climate-change litigation against energy companies, Immigration enforcement and third-country removals, Emergency docket expansion
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Equality & fairness