"Emergency docket" is the traditional legal term for how the U.S. Supreme Court handles urgent requests, while "shadow docket" is a popular nickname coined by legal scholars to describe those fast-tracked, un-argued orders.”
So, seriously, what’s the “emergency” here? And for how long will the injunction stay lifted? Until the ballroom (and whatever else) construction is completed?
The real “emergency” is the State of Emergency in America that Trump is “constructing”.
Attention John Roberts …
Felix Frankfurter: "Our tasks involve deliberation, reflection, meditation.... When opinions have jelled, the case is handed down."
Thanks Adam for another excellent one of your legal recaps to keep us so well informed in terms all us non-lawyers can understand. It didn’t surprise me that Trump succeeded on getting an emergency stay from the Supreme Court’s “Shadow Docket”. It was written with no explanation by his number one enabler Chief Justice Roberts who once again gave a “middle finger “ to the lower courts who got it right. If the Democrats take control of both chambers of the Congress in the Midterms, Supreme Court Reform and development of strong Ethics Rules and Regulations for all the Justices needs to be a high priority.
Justice Roberts' "Shady Docket" stay of the District Court's order is deeply disappointing. Judges Milett and Garcia were on point when they wrote, “The bold assertion that the Executive can act with utter lawlessness, destroying treasured national landmarks . . . and that no court can stop it flouts our constitutional order." Unfortunately, the utter lawlessness and destruction of this president are due in part SCOTUS granting him immunity in Trump v. United States. As Justice Jackson wrote in her dissent, "the majority’s new Presidential accountability model undermines the constraints of the law as a deterrent for future Presidents who might otherwise abuse their power, to the detriment of us all."
"Emergency docket" is the traditional legal term for how the U.S. Supreme Court handles urgent requests, while "shadow docket" is a popular nickname coined by legal scholars to describe those fast-tracked, un-argued orders.”
So, seriously, what’s the “emergency” here? And for how long will the injunction stay lifted? Until the ballroom (and whatever else) construction is completed?
The real “emergency” is the State of Emergency in America that Trump is “constructing”.
Attention John Roberts …
Felix Frankfurter: "Our tasks involve deliberation, reflection, meditation.... When opinions have jelled, the case is handed down."
Thanks Adam for another excellent one of your legal recaps to keep us so well informed in terms all us non-lawyers can understand. It didn’t surprise me that Trump succeeded on getting an emergency stay from the Supreme Court’s “Shadow Docket”. It was written with no explanation by his number one enabler Chief Justice Roberts who once again gave a “middle finger “ to the lower courts who got it right. If the Democrats take control of both chambers of the Congress in the Midterms, Supreme Court Reform and development of strong Ethics Rules and Regulations for all the Justices needs to be a high priority.
Justice Roberts' "Shady Docket" stay of the District Court's order is deeply disappointing. Judges Milett and Garcia were on point when they wrote, “The bold assertion that the Executive can act with utter lawlessness, destroying treasured national landmarks . . . and that no court can stop it flouts our constitutional order." Unfortunately, the utter lawlessness and destruction of this president are due in part SCOTUS granting him immunity in Trump v. United States. As Justice Jackson wrote in her dissent, "the majority’s new Presidential accountability model undermines the constraints of the law as a deterrent for future Presidents who might otherwise abuse their power, to the detriment of us all."