Jackson criticizes Supreme Court's use of emergency docket

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized the Supreme Court on Thursday for relying more often on its emergency docket, arguing that the process can give some parties quicker access to temporary relief while others wait for full review. Speaking at the University of the District of Columbia law school, Jackson said the emergency docket should not become a way to bypass the court’s usual merits process. She said parties seeking emergency relief should have to show that they face immediate harm that cannot wait for lowercourt proceedings to finish. Her remarks come as the Trump administration has filed dozens of emergency applications since the start of the president’s second term, with the court granting several of them in cases involving federal workforce cuts, immigration, and limits on nationwide injunctions.