A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification

A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation. by Ken B. Morales https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-milestone?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river In its term that ended last October, the Supreme Court passed an important milestone that went unnoticed: For the first time, it decided more cases by secret ballot, and with few signed opinions, than it did for cases argued in open court.