Justice Jackson says US Supreme Court's use of emergency docket is 'corrosive'
Jackson said the court’s emergency orders often lack explanation and have let the Trump administration proceed with policies lower courts had blocked.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized the US Supreme Court's increased use of the 'emergency docket', calling it 'corrosive' and creating 'zombie proceedings' in lower courts.
- Jackson said the court has become 'noticeably less restrained' in taking up controversial cases on an emergency basis, steering it into the political fray it is supposed to avoid.
- The emergency docket's use has surged since Trump's return to office in 2025, allowing him to implement policies blocked by lower courts amid legal challenges.
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Justice Jackson says US Supreme Court's use of emergency docket is 'corrosive'
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has stepped up her criticism of the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court for increasingly deciding cases on an emergency basis without letting them play out in lower courts - a path the nation's top judicial body has taken in multiple rulings favoring President Donald Trump.
U.S. Supreme Court justice calls colleagues' use of emergency orders 'potentially corrosive'
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has delivered a sustained attack on her conservative colleagues' use of emergency orders to benefit the Trump administration, calling the orders "scratch-paper musings" that can have a "potentially corrosive" effect.
Justice Jackson chides Supreme Court conservatives over ‘oblivious’ pro-Trump emergency orders - The Boston Globe
Jackson delivered a lengthy assessment of roughly two dozen court orders issued last year that allowed President Trump to put in place controversial policies after lower courts found they were likely illegal.
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