(Photo
by
Staci
Zaretsky)
Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
Now,
as
I’m
thinking
about
budgeting
my
time
as
solicitor
general,
I
have
to
be
on
the
lookout
for
things
that
are
coming
down
the
pipe
that
are
likely
to
turn
into
emergencies.
It’s
a
very
intense
process
to
brief
and
argue
these
cases
on
a
short
timeline.
—
US
Solicitor
General
Elizabeth
Prelogar,
in
comments
noted
by
Bloomberg
Law
that
she
gave
on
the
Supreme
Court’s
shadow
docket
during
a
panel
discussion
hosted
by
the
American
Bar
Association.
Prelogar
said
the
shadow
docket
represents
one
of
the
“biggest
shifts”
in
the
high
court’s
work,
and
that
it’s
“changed
the
function
of
the
line
attorneys
at
our
office.”
To
that
end,
the
Justice
Department
requested
that
two
attorneys
be
added
to
its
workforce
in
its
2024
budget,
citing
an
increased
workload
due
to
the
shadow
docket.
Staci
Zaretsky is
a
senior
editor
at
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
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love
to
hear
from
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