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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Stephen Vladeck: Behind the Closed Doors of the U.S. Supreme Court
Description: Lawyer, author, professor and Supreme Court expert Stephen Vladeck—author of the new book The Shadow Docket—exposes the Court’s increasing reliance on secretive judicial processes that permit typically public hearings and discussions to occur behind closed doors. Having argued multiple cases before the Supreme Court himself, Vladeck explains how the Court’s expanded use of the “shadow docket” has enabled cryptic late-night rulings that leave the public without explanation for decisions affecting everything from immigration to COVID vaccine mandates.A University of Texas law professor and CNN’s lead Supreme Court analyst, Vladeck joins us to talk about th...