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The shadow docket : how the Supreme Court uses stealth rulings to amass power and undermine the republic / Stephen Vladeck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vladeck, Stephen I., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Supreme Court.
- United States.
- Political questions and judicial power--United States.
- Political questions and judicial power.
- Extraordinary remedies--United States.
- Extraordinary remedies.
- Pre-trial procedure--United States.
- Pre-trial procedure.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 334 pages.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2023.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The shadow docket
- The rise of certiorari : how the "least dangerous branch" came to control its agenda
- Substance in procedure : how the court decides without deciding
- The machinery of death : how capital punishment gave rise to the modern shadow docket
- The tenth justice : how the Trump Administration blew up the shadow docket
- COVID and the court : how the court abused the shadow docket to expand religious liberty
- The Purcell "principle" : how the current court uses the shadow docket to help Republicans
- "Read the opinion" : how the court's abuse of the shadow docket undermines its legitimacy
- Conclusion: Bringing the Supreme Court out of the shadows.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-312) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781541602649 (electronic bk.)
- 1541602641 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031781297
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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