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Mark Pocan: “During the Bush and Obama Solicitor General times, emergency…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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'Help Me Understand This': Pocan Presses Barrett Over SCOTUS's Increase In Shadow Docket Rulings

Published | Video Starts at 01:58

The last session was surpassed 63 on the so called shadow docket versus 56 on the regular. And if you go back in history During the Bush and Obama Solicitor General times, emergency relief is only done 18 times combined over 16 years. Right. So this is a huge change in how this I'm going to use shadow docket because I'm a journalism major. I was taught to talk at 8th grade level so everyone understands it. (01:58–02:09)

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Asserts that emergency relief was granted only 18 times during the Bush and Obama administrations over 16 years.

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