Jackson calls Supreme Court's emergency docket 'potentially corrosive'
The justice urges restraint after the court fielded another Trump administration emergency application.
What to know
- Justice Jackson warned that the Supreme Court's emergency docket is being overused and poses risks to the institution.
- Her criticism came immediately after the Trump administration filed another emergency application.
- Jackson called for her colleagues to exercise greater restraint in using the emergency procedural mechanism.
“Potentially Corrosive”
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Supreme Court justice · New York Times ↗
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Jackson speech follows Trump administration's latest emergency application
The justice's remarks were delivered hours after the Trump administration filed another emergency application with the Court, providing immediate context for her criticism of the emergency docket's overuse.
“problematic…”
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5 more headlines
- Jackson says all is not well on the Supreme Court emergency docket Courthouse News · 14h ago
- Jackson skewers Supreme Court over emergency docket Politico · 13h ago
- Justice Jackson Calls Emergency Docket ‘Potentially Corrosive’ The New York Times · 13h ago
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes Supreme Court’s use of emergency docket The Washington Post · 13h ago
- Liberal justice hammers Supreme Court for fast-tracking emergency docket cases Fox News · 2h ago
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BREAKING WaPo: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson just slammed the Supreme Court's use of its "emergency docket" — suggesting the court has misused the process in allowing the Trump admin to move forward with a host of controversial policies while challenges play out in lower court.
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Jackson criticizes Supreme Court's emergency docket in public speech — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gave a public appearance where she called the high court's use of the emergency docket "problematic" and urged her colleagues to show more restraint when using it.