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Sep 25, 2026 Ketanji Brown Jackson publicly criticized the Supreme Court's use of its emergency docket Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
A sitting justice warned that expedited emergency rulings risk becoming an end-run around standard judicial review, raising concerns about the legitimacy of rulings on fundamental rights.
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- Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes Supreme Court's emergency docket practices in public speech — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered remarks at the University of the District of Columbia's law school, expressing concern that the Supreme Court's use of the "shadow docket" or emergency docket undermines public faith in the judiciary. She stated the practice risks becoming "an end-run around the standard review process" and noted that while the Court has begun providing more explanation for emergency rulings, it still falls short of full merit-docket review. Her comments came hours after the Trump administration filed another emergency request seeking to allow deportations to countries other than immigrants' home nations.
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Week 88 – 2026-09-19–2026-09-25
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