On December 17, Professor Kalir published an op-ed on Cleveland.com titled, “Texas redistricting case highlights growing judicial rift.” In the op-ed, Professor Kalir reviewed the recent Supreme Court “shadow docket” opinion in the Texas redistricting case. In that case, the Court reversed a 160-page opinion by the lower court with a short statement, without oral argument and without any real reasoning. In dissent, Justice Kagan highlighted the paradox of overruling such a thorough work product with a cursory review “over a holiday weekend.” Professor Kalir, following a New York Times survey among lower-court judges, argued that this opinion is a harbinger of a growing rift between the “one Supreme Court” and “other inferior courts” that the Constitution had invested with the “judicial power” of the United States.