{"id":46603,"date":"2026-08-15T12:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46603"},"modified":"2026-08-15T12:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:06:25","slug":"democrats-vow-to-rein-in-supreme-courts-shadow-docket-if-they-retake-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46603","title":{"rendered":"Democrats vow to rein in Supreme Court\u2019s \u2018shadow\u2019 docket if they retake Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/07\/30\/Supreme_Court_13746_s1440x960.jpg?f72536d07237fdd262042ae8f5e6e6de3b865f3c\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/austin\/\">AUSTIN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/texas\/\">Texas<\/a> \u2014 Taking on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a> is high on the priority list for Democrats, should they win back Congress after the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Zeroing in on the high court over cases Democrats lost, including voting rights, abortion and executive power in regulatory agencies, members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/democratic-national-committee\/\">Democratic National Committee<\/a> on Friday slammed conservative justices for the decisions that have slowed down the party\u2019s political agenda.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Party members at the DNC\u2019s summer meeting unanimously agreed to advance a resolution during a committee meeting to denounce how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a> uses the court\u2019s \u201cshadow\u201d docket and provide greater transparency into the decisions on the cases.<\/p>\n<p>The term is used by justices for the interim or emergency docket regarding cases that rush to the court during a term, usually on preliminary issues, and receiving rulings without going through full briefing and oral argument.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats say conservatives on the court are using the shadow docket too often to make \u201cincredibly consequential decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These include rulings related to upholding immigration stops that Democrats decried as biased policing, the authority of the president to terminate members of independent agencies, the upholding of mass firing of federal workers and the upholding of deportation of illegal criminal aliens to countries with which they have no connection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to pull back the curtain hiding major changes in the law and promote transparency in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a> decisions,\u201d said one DNC member on the panel. \u201cThis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a> is totally out of control \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>One Democratic lawmaker drew cheers from the crowd at the DNC\u2019s youth council when he proposed that Democrats should face down the high court, which he described as \u201ccorrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it OK that some billionaires got their friends appointed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a>, and no matter how much we try to defend abortion rights or raise the minimum wage, they can just tell us no?\u201d Rep. Greg Casar of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/texas\/\">Texas<\/a> asked. \u201cOr are we going to be like the organizers from SNCC [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee] of the past?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The civil rights group founded in the 1960s was at the forefront of demonstrations and protests.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Casar added, \u201cWe\u2019re going to, instead, demand that if Democrats win back control, we\u2026 tell the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a>, you know what? The people rule here, not just the ultra-powerful that put you in office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Casar said Democrats cannot just elect their own party, but specifically need to elect lawmakers \u201cwilling to face down the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a>\u201d and \u201cwilling to say, no more gerrymandering.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"author-contact-section\">\n<\/section><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Taking on the Supreme Court is high on the priority list for Democrats, should they win back Congress after the midterms. 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