The Supreme Court's Impatience

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The s b eight case is the quintessential example of that. The shadow docket refers to asking the court to rule very, very quickly on cases they would normally give it a lot of time to percolate in the lower courts before they stepped in. And i think that the fact that the court is trying to move so quickly is a sign of the court's impatience.

Since the Supreme Court’s "shadow docket" decision to allow the Texas abortion ban to go into effect, a growing chorus of politicians and legal experts have questioned the court’s legitimacy. Vox's Ian Millhiser says the justices aren’t taking the criticism well.

Today’s show was produced by Will Reid with help from Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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