Why the shadow docket should concern us all

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read:

• From marginal religious groups to mainstream Christians: Why some see a shift in Supreme Court cases (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
• The Supreme Court just dropped a hint about its next big Voting Rights Act case (Zach Montellaro and Josh Gerstein, Politico)
• How the courts became the biggest roadblock to Trump’s plans (Joseph Gedeon, The Guardian)
• Why Trump’s tariffs are in trouble (Jason Willick, The Washington Post)
• Racial Gerrymanders in the Dock (The Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal)

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

• Justice Kavanaugh defends Supreme Court’s terse emergency docket orders (John Fritze, CNN)
• Trump’s tariffs get frosty reception at federal appeals court (Kyle Cheney and Doug Palmer, Politico)
• Florida death row inmate Edward Zakrzewski has been executed (Tom McLaughlin, Pensacola News Journal)
• Someone Is Defying the Supreme Court, but It Isn’t Trump (Adrian Vermeule, The New York Times)
• Whose Judicial Overreach? (Steve Vladeck, One First)

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:

• Trump Sees Emergencies Everywhere. Judges Are Considering Whether to Rein Him In. (Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)
• The Mike Lee Supreme Court chatter begins anew (Bryan Schott, Utah Political Watch)
• 5 Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Latest Term (Tom McFeely, The National Catholic Register)
• SCOTUS Clerks, 2000 v. 2025: Differing Demographics (David Lat, Original Jurisdiction)
• Taking Stock of the Birthright Citizenship Cases, Part I: Unpacking Trump v. CASA, Inc. (Marty Lederman, Just Security)

Mississippi on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to leave in place restrictions on access by young people to major social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. The state’s attorney general, Lynn Fitch, told the justices that although the restrictions had been in effect for other social media sites for over a year, the tech industry group challenging the restrictions “has not identified anyone with a complaint about accessing any platform, one instance of a platform censoring speech, or any platform that has shut down or had any difficulty complying with” the restrictions.

Those who know me well know that two things I love are the Supreme Court and heavy metal (not necessarily in that order). So this column asks the obvious question: What heavy metal band would each justice be?