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What Is the Shadow Docket and Why Should You Care?

πŸŽ™οΈ Boom! Lawyered πŸ• September 18, 2026 at 4:00 AM

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The new Supreme Court term doesn’t start until October, so why has the Court been issuing important rulings while it’s supposed to be on break?Β 

In this Office Hours episode of Baby Boom! Lawyered, Imani Gandy answers a listener’s question about the shadow docket, the emergency track where some of the Court’s most consequential decisions get made all year. They’re decided quicklyβ€”and often with no explanation at all.

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