Alito rebuffs criticism of Supreme Court's "shadow docket" and says justices aren't "dangerous cabal"

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

37% : In rapid succession beginning in late August, the court reinstated a Trump-era immigration program, allowed evictions that had been paused by the coronavirus pandemic to resume and let a Texas law severely limiting abortion go into effect.
35% : The string of recent emergency decisions began with a 6-3 vote to reinstate a Trump administration program that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the United States.
34% : Most recently, the high court on a 5-4 vote declined to block a Texas law that has resulted in a near-total ban on abortion in the state.
25% : Alito acknowledged there have been more emergency motions in recent years but he attributed that to an influx of civil cases brought about by former President Trump's initiatives, as well as issues sparked by the coronavirus, including those relating to prisons and religious freedom.

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