Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · Slate Podcasts

Sneak Preview: The Supreme Court's Worst Move Since Trump Returned to Office

June 24, 2025·11 min·1 clip

The Supreme Court issued a shadow docket decision without any reasoning, impacting thousands of migrants' constitutional rights.

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern analyze a Supreme Court shadow docket decision that halted an injunction requiring due process for migrants facing deportation to dangerous third countries. They discuss the lack of reasoning in the ruling, its implications for torture conventions, and how it shifts power to the executive branch.

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