Shadow docket

Shadow docket is an informal label for emergency orders and other actions outside the Court's full merits schedule.

These orders can affect laws or lower-court rulings quickly, sometimes before full briefing and argument.

It is not a separate official docket. The phrase describes posture and timing, not a different court process.

• Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, Applicant v. Lisa D. Cook, Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, et al.Docket 25A312Emergency posture

  This case involves a dispute over whether the President can remove a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors for cause based on conduct that occurred before their appointment, without providing prior notice or a hearing. The Court is considering whether to lift a lower court's order that currently blocks the President from carrying out such a removal.

• Adrian Jules, Petitioner v. Andre Balazs Properties, et al.Docket 25-83Emergency posture

  Adrian Jules sued his former employer for discrimination in federal court, which stayed the case for arbitration. The Supreme Court will decide if the federal court keeps jurisdiction to review the arbitration award even if it wouldn't normally have jurisdiction over that specific post-arbitration request.

• Learning Resources, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al.Docket 24-1287Emergency posture

  The Supreme Court held 6-3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the President to impose tariffs on imports. Consolidated with Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, the ruling vacated the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration under IEEPA, finding that the statute's grant of emergency economic powers does not extend to setting import duties—a power reserved to Congress under the Constitution.