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Exploring the Significance of the Supreme Court's Shadow Docket
Professor Steve Laddick, an avid Mets fan and leading scholar of the American court system, has written a book called The Shadow Docket. The book explores how the Supreme Court uses stealth rulings to amass power and undermine the republic. The term 'shadow docket' was coined by a law professor in 2015 to describe everything the Supreme Court does apart from its major decisions. It refers to the court's activities that fall outside of the well-known cases like abortion and affirmative action.