A brilliant and bracing account of the Supreme Court’s rise, its unraveling, and what it will take to save it, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow DocketRichard Nixon turned over the Watergate tapes and Dwight Eisenhower sent the Army into Little Rock for the same reason: in each moment, the Supreme Court was far more popular than the president who had to carry out its ruling. The Court’s authority has never rested on force. I...

An instant New York Times bestseller: An acclaimed legal scholar’s “important” (New York Times) and “fascinating” (Economist) exposé of how the Supreme Court uses unsigned and unexplained orders to change the law behind closed doors.The Supreme Court has always had the authority to issue emergency rulings in exceptional circumstances. But since 2017, the Court has dramatically expanded its use of the behind-the-scenes “shadow docket,” reg...

A brilliant and bracing account of the Supreme Court’s rise, its unraveling, and what it will take to save it, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow DocketRichard Nixon turned over the Watergate tapes and Dwight Eisenhower sent the Army into Little Rock for the same reason: in each moment, the Supreme Court was far more popular than the president who had to carry out its ruling. The Court’s authority has never rested on force. I...