Supreme Court’s liberals see dash of progress on emergency appeals, or ‘shadow docket’

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Liberal justices of the U.S. Supreme Court see some progress regarding emergency appeals, known as the 'shadow docket,' amidst dissent on various issues. Justices Kagan and Brown Jackson noted an increasing tendency for published opinions clarifying these fast-tracked decisions.

The Supreme Court’s liberal justices keep dissenting, but they also are seeing some progress on one front as the Trump administration floods the court with emergency appeals.  During recent talks to judges and law students, Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson both welcomed their colleagues’ increasing willingness to pen opinions publicly explaining their fast-track…