{"id":225586,"date":"2026-09-26T10:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/ketanji-brown-jackson-criticizes-supreme-courts-handling-of-emergency-docket-theguardian-com\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T10:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:10:18","slug":"ketanji-brown-jackson-criticizes-supreme-courts-handling-of-emergency-docket-theguardian-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/ketanji-brown-jackson-criticizes-supreme-courts-handling-of-emergency-docket-theguardian-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes supreme court\u2019s handling of emergency docket – theguardian.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

The justice called out her colleagues in a speech she made at the UDC school of law, hours after Trump filed his latest request
US supreme court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson<\/a> acknowledged serious concerns about her colleagues\u2019 handling of emergency requests, the method Donald Trump often uses to seek approval from the court.
Jackson, one of the three liberal members of the supreme court, criticized the justices\u2019 willingness to issue rulings via the \u201cshadow docket\u201d, saying it undermines the public\u2019s faith in the judicial system.
\u201cThere is a serious concern that the supreme court\u2019s modern stay practices are having a disruptive and potentially corrosive effect,\u201d Jackson told faculty and students at the University of the District of Columbia\u2019s David A Clarke school of law on Thursday.
Her comments came just hours after the Trump administration filed its latest emergency request \u2013 this time asking justices to allow officials to continue deporting immigrants to countries other than their own<\/a>.
The emergency docket, sometimes also referred to as the \u201cshadow docket\u201d, is where plaintiffs can request immediate relief from the supreme court in consequential cases.
Justices can quickly grant or dismiss requests without conducting the same legal review that is typically required in merit cases or providing a lengthy explanation to the public.
The Trump administration<\/a> has used the method to rapidly push forward the US president\u2019s agenda. Since returning to office in January 2025, the administration has filed more than 30 emergency requests. Many have been granted.
Via emergency requests, the conservative wing of the supreme court has allowed Trump to temporarily end protections for migrants seeking asylum, eliminate transgender rights, roll back environmental protections, fire the officials in charge of independent federal agencies and more.
The justices have faced criticism for their handling of emergency requests from members of Congress and the public.
However, in July, justice Elena Kagan, another member of the liberal wing of the court, told Congress that she thought they were improving its handling of requests by providing some justification.
Jackson pointed to that on Thursday, telling the audience that while the court \u201cbegan to explain more\u201d, it was \u201cstill not the full kind of explanation\u201d that cases receive on the merits docket. \u201cIf we\u2019re not careful, the emergency docket can and will become an end-run around the standard review process,\u201d she added.
As Jackson critiqued the court\u2019s current methods, which have become more prominent under the second Trump administration, three of her colleagues dined with Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping at the White House.
Chief justice John Roberts and justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett joined other officials for the state dinner to welcome Xi.<\/p>\n

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