Justice Jackson criticizes frequent use of SCOTUS emergency docket orders
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks to the 2025 Supreme Court fellows in February 2025 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday said the high court’s heavy reliance on emergency docket orders allows the federal government unfair access to the justices’ time and attention.
She also said her colleagues’ willingness to grant emergency stay requests from the Trump administration is disrespectful to the careful work of trial judges.
Speaking at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, Jackson said the Supreme Court’s decisions reinstating blocked Trump administration policies could weaken public trust in the judicial system, according to a story by Law.com.
“Why is it that one party should get a fast pass to the Supreme Court of the United States when so many other parties are queued up, waiting patiently for the Supreme Court’s attention,” Jackson said.
Jackson also said some emergency docket filers have the court on “speed dial.”
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