Sadly, there is no reason to have faith in the Supreme Court of the United States at present… an ominous sign to join the gathering clouds in the coming elections in November and 2024.

April 13, 2022 (Wednesday) - by Heather Cox Richardson

On April 6, five Supreme Court justices agreed to reinstate a Trump-era rule that limits the ability of states to block projects that pollute their rivers and streams. The court did so under the so-called “shadow docket,” a form of decision previously used to address emergencies, in which the court makes a decision without arguments or written explanations. Last week, Chief Justice John Roberts indicated just how far off the rails the current Supreme Court has slid when he joined the dissent against the majority’s decision out of concern for the use of this shadow docket as a way to hand down unbriefed and unexplained decisions.