Trump leans on SCOTUS shadow docket more than Biden, Obama and Bush combined
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Axios · North America
President Trump's administration on Monday filed its 41st application to the Supreme Court's shadow docket, a milestone that matches the total number of petitions it filed during his entire first term — in less than two years.Why it matters: The record highlights how often the president has turned to SCOTUS to secure authority to temporarily revive policies blocked by lower courts.What they're saying: "We have never seen an administration run to the Supreme Court with the speed and numbers that we're seeing out of the Trump administration this term," Stephen Spaulding, managing director of the
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