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Jonathon Booth @jboothhistory.bsky.social · 42m

This is a good idea. Especially if the list contains links to footage etc to be used in courts and at hearings

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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 19m

1) no one believes this
2) circuit judges have been explaining their votes with much more detail and with much less time for the same exact emergency requests

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 1h

The undertone to all of this is that the Supreme Court is duty-bound to reach a stay decision in every (important?) case. They're not. The standards they purport to be applying are supposed to make intervention exceptionally rare. If you don't want to make law, don't make law.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 2h

How I Expect the Supreme Court to Kill Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Callais (If It Does So): Not By Direct Overruling but By Pretending They Are Simply Reinterpreting the Meaning of Section 2 electionlawblog.org?p=152471

How I Expect the Supreme Court to Kill Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Callais (If It Does So): Not By Direct Overruling but By Pretending They Are Simply Reinterpreting the Meaning of Section 2...

I’ve written of good reason to believe the Supreme Court is going to sap Section 2 of its power in the Louisiana v. Callais case, being argued on Wednesday. I won’t rehash those arguments here. Instea...

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 3h

New levels of hell: just got an email from our local AYSO cancelling today’s youth soccer games because ICE is at the Home Depot across from the soccer fields at James Park in Evanston.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 4h

I wrote fancy words about how SCOTUS, by writing no opinions, had left no precedents to bind it when a Dem retakes the White House — and then Justice Barrett just blurted it out.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Carolyn Shapiro @cshaplaw.bsky.social · 2h

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 3h

If you’re that unsure about resolution of an issue, you shouldn’t decide it on the shadow docket anyway, unless there’s an exigent need. And if there’s an accident need, you should say what it is and why the resolution is appropriate. ACB is making the 6 look worse, not better, w/ these appearances.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 4h

Well golly it sounds like you should let long-standing precedents stand until you rule on the merits, then. That is not what you’re doing!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3h

Gov. Pritzker on Trump's threat to jail him: "I am not afraid. Do I think he could do it? He might. As I've said before, come and get me....I will stand up for the law and the constitution."

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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 3h

You could just not issue the stays or order full briefing.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 3h

Maybe Justice Barrett Should Be Calling for Having Conversations with Those One Disagrees with through a Network in Addition to FOX News or Other Friendly Outlets and Journalists electionlawblog.org?p=152463

Maybe Justice Barrett Should Be Calling for Having Conversations with Those One Disagrees with through a Network in Addition to FOX News or Other Friendly Outlets and Journalists #ELB

From Politico’s roundup of this morning’s Sunday talk shows: Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on having conversations amid a wave of political violence, on “Fox News Sunday”: “I feel like when ...

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Carolyn Shapiro @cshaplaw.bsky.social · 3h

There’s a lot to say about Marks in this context! I talked about it a bit here - would love to see others analyze further!

www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/when...

When the majority disagrees on the shadow docket

Cases and Controversies is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court’s rulings, opinions, and procedures on the law, on other institutions, and on [...

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Carolyn Shapiro @cshaplaw.bsky.social · 3h

Which is why they should not be granting most of these applications at all.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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radgen.bsky.social @radgen.bsky.social · 1d

Dems don't have to be specific. This isn't the only area where the Admin is playing footsy with illegally moving/spending money.

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Carolyn Shapiro @cshaplaw.bsky.social · 1d

Note that this is a partial grant of the administrative stay only. The court has not ruled on the stay pending appeal.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals PARTIALLY grants the stay sought by the Trump Administration.

The stay is GRANTED as to federalization of the National Guard.

But it is DENIED as to deployment.

So deployment still BLOCKED, but troops "do not need to return to their home states."

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 1d

Whatever you think of the propriety of their decision to talk to the NYT, the fact that federal judges did so — reportedly more than three dozen! — means they are pulling the proverbial fire alarm.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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The Bull Moose @dayvin.bsky.social · 1d

Step one - create the problem
Step two - “save the day” with the solution to the problem I just created.

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Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

Zach Schermele
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NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being
"decimated," as one person described.
"They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding," said another.
"I'm not sure how these programs exist moving forward."
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 1d

💯Do this

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 1d

REBUILD is now also providing no-fee therapy to people who have been detained by ICE. Please support REBUILD by donating, and share it with those who may benefit from it.
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Find Me A Therapist

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

I think it would be a huge public service if major media outlets interviewed people given RIF notices and let them explain in detail what their jobs are so that people can judge for themselves whether these positions are wasteful like Trump and Vought claim or whether they help the country prosper.

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 1d

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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