Cloak and Docket

Cloak and Docket

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Claremont Institute
4 Video Views·Apr 22, 2026  #claremontinstitute #supremecourt #trump

In a dramatic leak, The New York Times has published seven private memos from a 2016 exchange between Supreme Court Justices leading up to the now-famous interim order that blocked President Obama's "Clean Power Plan." The Times’s lopsided framing accuses Chief Justice Roberts of being flippant and taking unprecedented action. But the so-called "shadow docket" has been used more broadly to shut down both rampant Biden-era lawfare and Trumpian overreach. This week, the guys detail how the courts of both law and public opinion have been changing in the era of the imperial presidency.

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Chapters
00:00 Introductions
00:37 New York Times SCOTUS Leak
25:16 Polarization and the Administrative State
29:02 Packing the Court and College
44:36 Closing Remarks

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