I think there are different views among members of the court about when to do it and when not.
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Kavanaugh discusses differing views among justices on shadow docket rulings.
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to preserve what I think is the crown jewel of our constitutional democracy, which is the independence of the judiciary.
So there could be a risk in writing the opinion, of lock-in effect, of making a snap judgment and putting it in writing, in a written opinion that's not going to reflect the final view.