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machey36's review
I'm having to reread a lot to understand and my brain doesn't have the capacity during the school year. Maybe another time.
momsmagicreads's review against another edition
Couldn't finish before book club meeting. Moving on to other books for now.
krichardson's review
4.0
A little technical, but a nice review of what has been going on with the Supreme Court in the last ~25 years.
blasphemer's review against another edition
I could not push myself to get through this. The beginning chapters on judicial history were fascinating. However, the later chapters that examine current court practices were completely convoluted, hard to follow, and preachy.
claudiambaker01's review
4.0
I first heard about the shadow docket when author Stephen Vladeck discussed it on NPR’s Throughline Podcast. I was intrigued by his discussion of death penalty cases appearing before the Supreme Court and the questions of emergency relief discussed in the podcast. I requested his book from the library and it did not disappoint.
The Shadow Docket is an extremely thorough explanation of the Supreme Court’s recent turn to using unsigned, unexplained, emergency injunctions and rulings to achieve desired outcomes. Vladeck highlights the hypocrisy of these rulings while carefully explaining the procedural rules and norms that they violate. At times dense, the book nevertheless succeeds in explaining the dangers these unsigned emergency orders and injunctions pose to civil rights (as well as the legitimacy of the Supreme Court as an institution, but I don’t really care about that. F*** the Supreme Court).
If you are interested in learning more about the methods the conservative super-majority on the Supreme Court is using to inflict its politics on the population, this book is for you.
The Shadow Docket is an extremely thorough explanation of the Supreme Court’s recent turn to using unsigned, unexplained, emergency injunctions and rulings to achieve desired outcomes. Vladeck highlights the hypocrisy of these rulings while carefully explaining the procedural rules and norms that they violate. At times dense, the book nevertheless succeeds in explaining the dangers these unsigned emergency orders and injunctions pose to civil rights (as well as the legitimacy of the Supreme Court as an institution, but I don’t really care about that. F*** the Supreme Court).
If you are interested in learning more about the methods the conservative super-majority on the Supreme Court is using to inflict its politics on the population, this book is for you.