Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power construction

Re:Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power constr... by array_key_first on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @11:24AM (#46873056)

They're interpreting the law based on how much they can contort the constitution to divert as much power to King Trump as possible while not completely thrashing their credibility.

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Re:Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power constr... by disgruntledphd2 on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @11:54AM (#46873551)

Importantly, they're using the shadow docket so that they don't need to decide officially, as that would bind their hands with a future Democratic administration.

Like, whatever happened to the Major Questions Doctrine?

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Re:Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power constr... by dragonwriter on Saturday February 07, 2026 @03:56AM (#46922398)

> Importantly, they're using the shadow docket so that they don't need to decide officially

The Supreme Court doesn't choose which docket to “use”; the interim docket (sometimes calls the “emergency docket” or “shadow docket”) is where applications for immediate action on cases that have not reached a final decision in lower court are handled. Decisions on the interim docket are more likely to be unsigned orders, but that's as true of the ones the administration has lost as the ones it has won.

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