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atonseyesterday at 10:11 PM1 replyview on HN

Is there a reason you’re only choosing the emergency docket in your sample size though?


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acdhatoday at 1:43 AM

The emergency docket is a preferred method for blatant partisanship because it lets them immediately prevent lower courts from stopping the administration but doesn’t require them to set a binding precedent or even explain the ruling. If it looks like they might be losing power, suddenly those “emergency” decisions which were subsequently back-burnered can be dropped to prevent a Democrat from using the same powers.