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U.S. Supreme Court,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Jul. 22, 2025

Supreme Court relies heavily on emergency docket, experts say

At the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference, legal experts said the high court majority increasingly uses its emergency docket to favor Trump administration actions, leaving critical legal questions unresolved and confusing.

The action at the U.S. Supreme Court has moved from the merits docket, which has been fairly quiet, to the emergency docket, where the Trump administration has had "great success" in winning stays of district court orders against it, legal experts told the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference on Monday.

Jeffrey B. Wall, head of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Supreme Court and Appellate Practice and a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas, said on the conference's fi...

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