The reactive coverage of the Supreme Court and the Texas abortion law

In the spring of 2020, the Supreme Court did something unprecedented, by allowing the audio of oral arguments — which justices heard by phone, because of the pandemic — to be broadcast live. Many hailed that as a breakthrough for judicial transparency and a first step, perhaps, toward cameras in the courtroom, which justices have long opposed. Rather than become increasingly visible, however, much of the court’s decision making has remained hidden from public view, and the court has lately expanded its “shadow docket” — a collective term for rulings handed down without oral arguments.

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