Justice Jackson chides Supreme Court conservatives over ‘oblivious’ pro-Trump emergency orders
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized her conservative colleagues for using emergency orders to favor the Trump administration. In a speech at Yale Law School on Monday, Jackson described these orders, often issued with little explanation, as "scratch-paper musings" that appear "oblivious." She focused on roughly two dozen orders from the previous year that allowed President Trump to implement controversial policies on immigration and federal funding cuts, despite lower court rulings against them.
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AI-generatedSupreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized her conservative colleagues for using emergency orders to favor the Trump administration. In a speech at Yale Law School on Monday, Jackson described these orders, often issued with little explanation, as "scratch-paper musings" that appear "oblivious." She focused on roughly two dozen orders from the previous year that allowed President Trump to implement controversial policies on immigration and federal funding cuts, despite lower court rulings against them. Jackson argued that these orders, intended to be short-term, have enabled Trump to advance his agenda. This critique follows similar concerns raised by Justice Sonia Sotomayor last week. Jackson has previously voiced her disapproval of these emergency orders in dissenting opinions and public appearances.
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4 extractedJustice Sotomayor similarly talked about emergency orders in an event Tuesday at the University of Alabama.
The orders allowed President Trump to put in place controversial policies on immigration and federal funding cuts.
Jackson called the orders “scratch-paper musings” that can “seem oblivious and thus ring hollow.”
Justice Jackson criticized conservative colleagues' use of emergency orders benefiting the Trump administration.