Ken Morales

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Data reporter fellow, @propublica.org Interests include fighting bad guys with math. Signal: kbmorales.02

A stacked bar chart shows the number of emergency applications to a single Supreme Court justice and the full court from the 2003-04 term to the 2024-25 term. While the total number of applications received fluctuates over time, the number referred and decided by a full court vote rises steadily after the 2017-18 term. There is a sharp surge in total emergency applications to over 150 in the 2024-25 term.
A stacked area chart shows the number of emergency applications from the 2003-04 term to the 2024-25 term. The vast majority of applications are for filing relief, followed by capital cases. The number of substantive shadow docket cases is a small portion of all applications but has been rising.
A line chart shows the number of Supreme Court decisions on the merits docket versus the shadow docket from the 2003-04 term to the 2024-25 term. The merits docket decisions trend downward over time, ending at 56 decisions, while the shadow docket decisions rise sharply in the 2018-19 term and surpass the merits docket in the last term at 63 decisions.