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Mark Pocan: “The amount of cases that you took up last year were…”

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 01:47

But let me shadow docket's one. I really like the explanation. I'm not a lawyer, my brother is. But The amount of cases that you took up last year were surpassed. 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. (01:47–01:57)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court took up 63 cases on the shadow docket last year, surpassing the regular docket's 56.

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