The Supreme Court's "Shadow Docket"

Host Jeffrey Rosen is joined by Jennifer Mascott of George Mason Law School and Stephen Vladeck of the University of Texas Law School, both of whom testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee at its recent hearing about the Supreme Court's emergency docket—sometimes referred to as the “shadow docket." They explain what sorts of cases comprise that docket and illuminate current debates surrounding it.

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Religious Exemptions From the Founding to Today

The Supreme Court today continues to vigorously debate the scope of religious exemptions—which allow individuals or organizations to be exempt from following certain laws that they say burden their religious beliefs. This panel unpacks that debate. Douglas Laycock, author of The Collected Works on Religious Liberty; Vincent Phillip Muñoz, author of God and the Founders; and Kathleen Brady, author of The Distinctiveness of Religion in American Law join Jeffrey Rosen.

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The Double-Edge Sword of the Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority by Marcia Coyle

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Chester Alan Arthur: Obscure or Underrated? by NCC Staff

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