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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks in 2025
Apr 16, 2026

Justice Jackson says high 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.

Members of the Supreme Court in 2022
Apr 10, 2026

Supreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rights claims

The Supreme Court, remade by Trump's appointees, has reversed decades of civil rights expansion, ruling against protections for women, minorities, and LGBTQ+ people.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks from behind a dais
Mar 10, 2026

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes Supreme Court emergency rulings

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized the Supreme Court for rapidly approving emergency rulings that allowed Trump administration policies to take effect before legal challenges have concluded.


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