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EPISODE · Mar 26, 2026 · 21 MIN

Supreme Court Clashes Go Public as Shadow Docket Gets Exposed

from The Court of History · host Sidney Blumenthal, Sean Wilentz

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz discuss the clash between justices Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Jackson over the conservative manipulation of the shadow docket,  the court’s self-destruction through its “passive vices,” and conservative victimology as an ideology with Leah Litman, professor at the University of Michigan Law School and author of Lawless. https://www.amazon.com/Lawless-Supreme-Conservative-Grievance-Theories/dp/1668054620 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

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Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz discuss the clash between justices Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Jackson over the conservative manipulation of the shadow docket,  the court’s self-destruction through its “passive vices,” and conservative...

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