(L–R) Supreme Court docket Affiliate Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and former Affiliate Justice Anthony Kennedy discuss with President Donald Trump as he arrives to handle a joint session of Congress on the Capitol on March 4, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos
President Donald Trump’s formidable agenda has been met with order after order from decrease courts briefly blocking him. A lot of these have been lifted by the Supreme Court docket, handing Trump a number of wins and elevating questions on how decrease courts have been dealing with his instances.
These choices have principally come on what’s often known as the “emergency” or “shadow docket,” a set of extra pressing appeals that the Supreme Court docket typically decides with out oral argument.