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Ketanji Brown Jackson airs dirty laundry in public clash with Kavanaugh over helping Trump [View all]
Kavanaugh is a really bad SCOTUS justice. It takes a great deal for a SCOTUS justice to air the SCOTUS' dirty laundry in public. I am so glad that Justice Jackson is letting us know what is going on
Supreme Court justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh sparred publicly on Monday over how the court has repeatedly stepped in to aid policies pushed by President Donald Trump.
— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-03-10T09:40:09Z
https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-trump-2675949151
Supreme Court justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh sparred publicly on Monday over how the court has repeatedly stepped in to aid policies pushed by President Donald Trump.
The rare exchange occurred during a joint appearance at a federal courthouse event in Washington, D.C., where the two justices discussed the court’s growing use of emergency rulings – often referred to as the “shadow docket,” according to NBC News.
Jackson, who has frequently dissented in such cases, sharply criticized the high court’s increased willingness to intervene early in legal challenges involving the Trump administration.
“I just feel like this uptick in the court's willingness to get involved ... is a real unfortunate problem," Jackson said.
The court’s conservative majority has repeatedly used emergency orders to block lower court rulings that halted parts of Trump’s agenda, including moves allowing the administration to fire thousands of federal workers, assert control over previously independent agencies, and implement elements of the MAGA administration’s immigration policies.
Jackson warned Monday that the court’s practice could also inadvertently signal to lower courts how the Supreme Court might ultimately rule, creating “a warped kind of proceeding,” according to NBC News....
The public back-and-forth on Monday marked a rare moment between the two sitting justices.
“The justices have aired their disagreements in written opinions, but this was a rare example of two justices entering into a public debate about internal court business,” NBC News reported.
The rare exchange occurred during a joint appearance at a federal courthouse event in Washington, D.C., where the two justices discussed the court’s growing use of emergency rulings – often referred to as the “shadow docket,” according to NBC News.
Jackson, who has frequently dissented in such cases, sharply criticized the high court’s increased willingness to intervene early in legal challenges involving the Trump administration.
“I just feel like this uptick in the court's willingness to get involved ... is a real unfortunate problem," Jackson said.
The court’s conservative majority has repeatedly used emergency orders to block lower court rulings that halted parts of Trump’s agenda, including moves allowing the administration to fire thousands of federal workers, assert control over previously independent agencies, and implement elements of the MAGA administration’s immigration policies.
Jackson warned Monday that the court’s practice could also inadvertently signal to lower courts how the Supreme Court might ultimately rule, creating “a warped kind of proceeding,” according to NBC News....
The public back-and-forth on Monday marked a rare moment between the two sitting justices.
“The justices have aired their disagreements in written opinions, but this was a rare example of two justices entering into a public debate about internal court business,” NBC News reported.
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