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Damon Root

DARK SECRETS: The problem with the supreme court s shadow docket | Rare Historical Photos

In May, the U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency request by the Trump administration to allow President Donald Trump's firing of National Labor Relations Board member Gywnne Wilcox to go into effect while Wilcox's lawsuit against Trump played out in court.

Last week, the Supreme Court granted another emergency request by the Trump administration, this time allowing the firing of some 1,300 federal workers from the Department of Education to proceed while that lawsuit played out in court.

Can you identify the key difference between the two cases?

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