Trump sets SCOTUS shadow docket record: 41 filings in under two years

The Trump administration filed its 41st shadow docket application, matching its entire first-term total in less than two years. This marks an unprecedented reliance on emergency Supreme Court relief to revive policies blocked by lower courts, signaling a strategic shift in executive litigation. The pace suggests a deliberate use of the shadow docket to expedite policy implementation, though the long-term judicial and political consequences remain uncertain.