The scope of the Supreme Court’s emergency docket

On Aug. 12, an unusual emergency docket application captured court watchers’ attention. It centered on a dog named Bruce who was scheduled to die. Bruce, a 3-year-old Great Pyrenees/German Shepherd mix who weighed about 120 pounds , was involved in four violent incidents over the past two years, according to Ventura County Animal Services . He bit three people, including a child, and knocked down…