Whether the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts will continue to push American jurisprudence to the right -- bending the law toward its preferred policy outcomes, rather than precedent or originalist intent -- is no longer up for debate.

The question is how brazenly and quickly it will press forward in dismantling democratic guardrails and protections against government aggression.

Look no further than the spate of unreasoned "shadow docket" decisions issued by the court over the summer. They show the court is moving to the right at unprecedented speed.

The majority’s decisions — especially in shadow docket cases, which are temporary, emergency orders — always seem to favor the Trump administration. The court regularly stayed lower-court injunctions that would have m

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