#SCOTUS Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson has delivered a sustained attack on her conservative colleagues’ use of emergency orders to benefit the #Trump admin, calling the orders “scratch-paper musings” that can “seem oblivious & thus ring hollow.”

Jackson delivered a lengthy assessment of ~24 court orders issued last year that allowed Trump to put in place controversial policies on #immigration, steep federal #funding cuts & other topics, after lower courts found they were likely illegal.

#law

While designed to be short-term, those orders have largely allowed #Trump to move ahead — for now — with key parts of his sweeping agenda.

#KetanjiBrownJackson spoke for nearly an hour on Monday at Yale Law School, which posted a video of the event on Wednesday.

#law #LegalEthics #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #judiciary
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James A. Thomas Lecture: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered the 2025-26 James A. Thomas Lecture, titled “Equity and Exigency: A First-Principles Solution for the Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket.

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Meanwhile #Sotomayor apologized to #Kavanaugh today. Ridiculous.

#KetanjiBrownJackson seems to be the only liberal with real integrity.

Justice Jackson chides #SCOTUS conservatives over 'oblivious' pro-#Trump “emergency” orders

#law #LegalEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #compromised #judiciary
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