What Is the Shadow Docket and Why Should You Care?

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Sep 18, 202600:08:20Government & Organizations

In this Office Hours episode of Baby Boom! Lawyered, Imani Gandy answers a listener's question about the shadow docket, the emergency track where some of the Court's most consequential decisions get made all year. They’r...

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