Shadow dockets aren’t argued before the Court. The decisions are made quickly. And they’re issued with little to no explanation provided.

The shadow docket is supposed to be used in case of emergency. But when it comes to Trump, the MAGA justices are using it whenever they can to give him permission to do whatever he wants.

Indeed, the MAGA justices have stepped in to grant Trump emergency executive powers using the shadow docket 21 times since he returned to office this year. Shadow docket decisions have allowed Trump to gut the Department of Education, cancel health research, fire thousands of federal workers, deport migrants to countries they’ve never set foot in before, and attack birthright citizenship.

The latest example of shadow docket abuse came this month as the MAGA justices cleared the way for Trump to strip temporary legal status from hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants.

Forty-two judges, appointed by both Democrats and Republicans, say the emergency dockets have harmed public perception of the judiciary branch. Multiple anonymous judges told the New York Times that the Supreme Court’s shadow docket abuse is a “slap in the face” to district courts, and is creating a “judicial crisis.”

Our judiciary system should hold executive power accountable, not step in to grant a wannabe dictator permission to break the law.

Tell the Supreme Court: Stop using the shadow docket to expand Trump’s executive powers.