What’s With the Shadow Docket?

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I have heard about the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” for some time, but never knew what it meant. The phrase is in the news because Justice Jackson has been criticizing its use. So, what exactly is the shadow docket, and is its use a good thing or a bad thing? On the Rationally Based podcast, law professor Ilan Wurman and co-host Kathryn Johnson explain, in these two back to back