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SWIFT ACTION is not a hallmark of America’s Supreme Court. Typically, more than a year passes before parties bringing their cases to the justices get a decision. But the Supreme Court has an “emergency docket”, too, and Donald Trump has it humming. Thirteen cases involving his administration’s moves have rocketed to the justices’ inboxes so far in his second term. By contrast, the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations made a total of eight emergency pleas to the justices over a span of 16 years.
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