BOSTON — Recent high-impact rulings and emergency docket decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court are almost certain to drive changes across the country, a legal analyst said, including impacts on Oklahoma's legal landscape.

“When I look back and think about this term, I think about the emergency docket," Amy Howe, cofounder of the Washington-based Supreme Court tracker SCOTUSblog, said in a special session hosted by the National Conference of State Legislatures. "The court was extremely active on the emergency docket this term, and in particular the Trump administration was very active on the emergency docket."

Between Jan. 20 and June 30, the Trump administration filed 113 emergency docket applications, more than twice as many requests for emergency relief than the George W. Bush and Obama

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