US EditionTrump administration’s volume of emergency docket appeals ‘unprecedented,’ Sotomayor says
She said the court’s quick-turn rulings have let Trump advance policies after lower courts blocked them, with about two dozen wins last year.
- On Thursday, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Trump administration's frequent use of the emergency docket is "unprecedented in the court's history," noting the conservative majority often fears irreparable harm from blocking executive policies.
- At the University of Alabama School of Law, Sotomayor explained that conservative justices frequently grant emergency relief because they believe blocking executive policies causes harm that cannot be easily fixed.
- While designed to be short-term, these orders have allowed Trump to advance key parts of his agenda, including immigration and funding cuts, as cases proceed through lower courts.
- Internal disagreement over the emergency docket surfaced in an unusual public exchange last month between liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh regarding the court's process.
- The Supreme Court also struck down Trump's sweeping tariffs last year after a full briefing process, demonstrating the court does not always side with the administration despite many emergency docket victories.
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Sotomayor Blames Colleagues for Flood of Emergency Appeals
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said a surge in emergency appeals to the Supreme Court is largely the court’s own doing. “We’ve done it to ourselves,” she said during an April 9 event at the University of Alabama School of Law. She said that the volume of emergency filings has reached levels never seen before in the court’s history. Over the past 15 months, the Trump administration submitted about 30 emergency requests to the court, succeeding in more t…
Supreme Court justice sounds alarm on 'unprecedented' Trump emergency appeals
During an April speech at the University of Alabama Law School, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor sounded the alarm about the number of emergency appeals to SCOTUS coming from the second Trump administration. The Barack Obama appointee told attendees, "We've done it to ourselves. The newspapers are filled with reports about how many emergency motions we are receiving. It's unprecedented in the Court's history.”Sotomayor noted that there…
Sotomayor: Supreme Court emergency docket appeals by Trump ‘unprecedented’
Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a Thursday speech at the the University of Alabama School of Law said the Trump administration’s increase in emergency appeals is “unprecedented in the court’s history.” The emergency docket is made up of appeals that seek quick intervention from justices in cases that are still in the lower courts. The administration…
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Trump administration’s volume of emergency docket appeals ‘unprecedented,’ Sotomayor says
The high court sided with the Trump administration in about two dozen decisions last year.
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor says part of the reason for President Donald Trump's string of wins on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket is that her conservative colleagues believe that blocking executive policies is a blow that can't be easily fixed | KNX News 97.1 FM
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Trump administration's volume of emergency docket appeals 'unprecedented,' Sotomayor says
Justice Sonia Sotomayor says part of the reason for President Donald Trump's string of wins on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket is that her conservative colleagues believe that blocking executive policies is a blow that can't be easily fixed.
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