Analysis: U.S. Supreme Court's 'shadow docket' favored religion and Trump

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NEW - Despite ongoing criticism of the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” — where it handles urgent requests — little is known about its full scope. So we analyzed 12 months of emergency applications.

The big winners? Religious entities and Trump

https://reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-courts-shadow-docket-favored-religion-trump-2021-07-28/…
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4:48 AM · Jul 28, 2021

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-courts-shadow-docket-favored-religion-trump-2021-07-28/

WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - As midnight approached on the eve of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, the conservative-majority Supreme Court granted emergency requests by Christian and Jewish groups challenging COVID-19 crowd restrictions imposed by New York state.

The twin 5-4 decisions in favor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and two Orthodox Jewish congregations were two of 10 decisions in the past year backing religious groups chafing under pandemic-related measures that forced them to close their doors or otherwise limit usual activities.

All 10 requests were granted via the court's "shadow docket" in which emergency applications are decided hurriedly and sometimes late at night in a process that critics have said lacks transparency.

A Reuters analysis of emergency applications over the past 12 months offers a glimpse into the full range of parties seeking urgent relief from the top U.S. judicial body through the shadow docket. The justices have increasingly relied upon this process to make rulings in a wide array of cases without the normal deliberative process involving public oral arguments and extensive written decisions.

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1. Religion in this case means Jews and Chritians

you don't see any other religions winning.