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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.
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The rare exchange occurred during a joint appearance at a federal courthouse event in Washington, D.C., where the two justices discussed the courts 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 courts 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 courts conservative majority has repeatedly used emergency orders to block lower court rulings that halted parts of Trumps agenda, including moves allowing the administration to fire thousands of federal workers, assert control over previously independent agencies, and implement elements of the MAGA administrations immigration policies.
Jackson warned Monday that the courts 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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spooky3
(38,537 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(15,896 posts)Surprise, surprise.
Skittles
(171,117 posts)THERE I FIXED IT
canetoad
(20,666 posts)KBJ could beat him in a fist fight. He looks soft
MustLoveBeagles
(15,896 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(178,665 posts)Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh disagreed about frequent rulings in favor of the Trump administration at a rare joint appearance.
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The court's conservative majority has on a regular basis blocked lower court rulings that have stymied President Donald Trump's agenda, sparking criticism from within and outside the judiciary.
Jackson, often a vocal dissenter in those cases, forcefully aired her critique of the court's actions in a rare public appearance with Kavanaugh at an event for lawyers and judges held at the federal courthouse in Washington.
Bemoaning the recent increase in such emergency filings requested to challenge lower court rulings she suggested that the number of filings would drop if the court were stingier about granting them.....
In the last year, the court has, among other things, allowed Trump to fire thousands of federal workers, assert control over previously independent federal agencies and implement various aspects of his hard-line immigration policy. All those moves, done through the shadow docket, had been blocked by lower courts.
"I just feel like this uptick in the court's willingness to get involved ... is a real unfortunate problem," Jackson said. Among other things, it affects how lower court judges approach cases, as they already have a preliminary sense of how the Supreme Court might approach them on appeal, creating "a warped kind of proceeding," she added.
"It's not serving the court or this country well," Jackson said.
sheshe2
(97,152 posts)Ask Dr Christine Blasey Ford along with 2 other women about Brett.
Every repuke on SCOTUS is a Pedo enabler and has no issue with tsf bragging about grabbing p***y any time he pleases. Every repuke in the Senate and Congress are complicit.