Expose The Shadow Docket

...and other secrets Samuel Alito would like to keep hidden.

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Here’s a simple objective for Senate Democrats: Reveal to the public whatever behind-the-scenes roles Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas have played in the Supreme Court’s corrupt effort to protect Donald Trump from the law. 

Democrats in Congress aren’t the only public servants with the authority to expose this information—other Supreme Court justices can and should do it, too. But as elected officials with oversight obligations, Senate Democrats can lead the way. 

And they can do this without violating President Biden’s misguided embargo against exploiting Trump’s criminal trials for political gain—a vow of silence that has allowed Republicans to attack the American justice system with little pushback. 

DOCKET SCIENCE

Since January 6, 2021, the Republican-controlled Supreme Court has had multiple opportunities to indicate how it thinks of Trump’s failed coup—whether it was an event the American institutions of justice should deal with swiftly and harshly, or an embarrassment for the Republican Party that partisan justices should help sweep under the rug.

Even without knowing anything about the justices themselves, a clear pattern quickly emerged: