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Supreme court justices had been appointed by democratic president. the next 11 appointments were by republican presidents. 11 in a row. 16 of the last 21 appointments to the supreme court have been by republican presidents. the republican court packing tonight begin with donald trump and mitch mcconnell, but took it to a new level. now most republican members of the mcconnell senate have effectively taken position that no democratic presidents should ever be allowed to appoint a supreme court justice. joining us now is steven lad, a law professor at the university of texas in austin, the autho...

Controversial, divisive political issues that come before them, things like abortion rights and voting rights. things like if the court acts in a controls way they are risking some of the country may not want to abide by their ruling because some significant portion of the country thinks the court is bs so why should they follow its rulings. as argued in the new book "the shadow docket" quote as courts become the battlefield for fights over voter suppression laws, election integrity disputes, perhaps even the legitimacy of future election results, democracy itself may depend upon a supreme cou...

Joining us now is the university of texas law professor, the author of the new book "shadow docket" how the supreme court uses stealth rurngs to amispower and undermine the republic. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> what did i say wrong? >> nothing. no. i think the reality is that over the last five or six years, we've seen the supreme court use what used to be rare orders that we actually saw in the 1980s and 1990s in the death penalty context where they were enormously important to the state and prisoner but didn't tend to have broader implications on state wide or federal ...

But in type, in terms of the way that ruling came down, it's the kind of ruling that has actually become much more rare in recent years. along with everything else that's changing in the way our country runs. since 2017, the supreme court has started issuing its rulings differently. has started issuing fewer what we think of as sort of traditional rulings even on controversial issues like that one. they've instead shifted to something you might have heard of but probably didn't understand called the shadow docket. well, now it's time for those of us who aren't lawyers to understand what lawyer...

Become much more rare in recent years. along with everything else that's changing in the way our country runs. since 2017, the supreme court has started issuing its rulings differently. has started issuing fewer what we think of as sort of traditional rulings even on controversial issues like that one. they've instead shifted to something you might have heard of but probably didn't understand called the shadow docket. well, now it's time for those of us who aren't lawyers to understand what lawyers are talking about when they tell us we should be worried about the shadow docket. here with us t...