At the time, the ruling seemed like a curious one-off. But that single paragraph turned out to be a sharp & lasting break. That night marks the birth, many legal experts believe, of the court’s modern “#ShadowDocket,” the secretive track that #SCOTUS6 has since used to make many major decisions, including granting #Trump more than 20 key victories on issues from immigration to agency power.

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