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What really happens on the emergency docket
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What really happens on the emergency docket

By now, readers of SCOTUSblog are quite familiar with the Supreme Court’s emergency docket, where parties come to the court seeking emergency orders, oftentimes without full briefing and oral argument. Much of the discourse surrounding this docket centers on its opacity.

ByTaraleigh Davis/Apr 6, 2026

Court sides with parents in dispute over California policies on transgender students

The Supreme Court on Monday night granted a request from a group of California parents to reinstate a ruling by a federal district court that prohibits schools in that state from “misleading parents about their children’s gender presentation” and that requires schools to follow parents’ instructions regarding the names and pronouns that children use there.

ByAmy Howe/Mar 2, 2026
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