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Mad_Machine76

(24,881 posts)
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:47 PM Sunday

SCOTUS Reform [View all]

One item I've not really seen discussed regarding SCOTUS reform is this so-called "Shadow Docket", where Trump has been getting consistently bailed out on by the current SCOTUS. I can maybe see the potential *occasional* need for an emergency un-briefed Supreme Court ruling, but it should not be getting overused on non-emergency matters. Certainly, mass layoffs of Federal Employees don't IMHO rise to the level of needing an emergency ruling from SCOTUS. Congress needs to put some limits around these kind of rulings so that we do not continue to see the abuse of these rulings, that should require briefing and oral arguments and not just an unsigned opinion from the majority. What does everybody else think?

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SCOTUS Reform [View all] Mad_Machine76 Sunday OP
Minimum five new justices Fiendish Thingy Sunday #1
Under this scenario... SickOfTheOnePct Sunday #4
Perhaps- I think legislation could be crafted to overcome that issue Fiendish Thingy Sunday #5
Emergency docket petitions typically are briefed. onenote Sunday #2
I think Mad_Machine76 Sunday #3
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