My colleague Stephanie Barclay suggests that the shadow docket actually began on New Year's Eve 2013 when Circuit Justice Sotomayor granted emergency relief to the Little Sisters of the Poor.

From Fourth Circuit Judge Julius Richardson, joined by Chief Judge Albert Diaz, in today's Doe v. Mast: To protect ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is alleging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a well-known civil rights organization ...

With smoking rates already declining, the infantilization of future adults is unlikely to be a big win for public health.

Deaths in ICE detention have hit a two-decade high, and allegations of medical neglect and poor conditions continue to surge.

Today's decision by Fourth Circuit Judge Julius Richardson, joined by Chief Judge Albert Diaz, in Doe v. Mast involved ...

When it becomes more expensive to build a house, it's also more expensive to rebuild that same house, driving up the cost of ...

Was the Clean Power Plan the first executive branch action halted by Supreme Court order on the "shadow docket"?

Republicans picked this fight, and Democrats responded by drawing some egregiously gerrymandered districts. In the end, ...

One of the most persistent political myths today is that FDR pulled the U.S. out of the Great Depression. In reality, he made ...

The claim turned out to be false, and the war led to the deaths of thousands of American service members and hundreds of ...

A new Virginia map could shift the state’s House delegation to 10 Democrats and one Republican after voters approved ...