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How the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Upended Climate Policy

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In 2016, a surprise decision from the Supreme Court “sent both climate policy and the court itself spinning in new directions,” Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak wrote in an investigation published last week. The one-paragraph ruling halted the Clean Power Plan, President Barack Obama’s signature environmental policy, which was aimed at reducing emissions from power plants. The decision signaled the birth of the court’s modern “shadow docket,” which the court uses to issue short opinions and bypass the time-tested procedures of hearing oral arguments and publishing detailed explanation of the…

A New Technique is Revolutionizing Speedskating’s Team Pursuit

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BEIJING — In speedskating’s team pursuit, the three team members skate single file, so close together that they move as if they were one six-legged skater, pushing and gliding in perfect unison. The race hasn’t changed much through the years. But when the men’s team pursuit races begin here on Sunday, several countries will deploy a strategy that has upended conventional skating wisdom and helped the United States set a world record. Traditionally, the lead skater peels off the front of the train every lap or two and reattaches to…