Liberal justice hammers Supreme Court for fast-tracking emergency docket cases

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ripped her colleagues for fast-tracking cases on the high court’s emergency docket, saying "it has been noticeably less restrained, especially with respect to pending cases that involve controversial matters." The emergency docket, sometimes known as the shadow or interim docket, allows parties to ask the Supreme Court to quickly intervene in lawsuits and temporarily pause lower court rulings. The process can take a couple of days, weeks or months, and is viewed as a much speedier, although temporary, way to secure court relief than when the court fully considers the merits of a case, which can include a long briefing schedule and oral arguments. "Why is it that one party should get a fast pass to the Supreme Court of the United States, when so many other parties are queued up, waiting patiently for the court’s attention?" Jackson said Thursday during a speech at the University of the District of Columbia’s law school, according to The Hill . "If we’re not careful, the emergency docket can and will become an end run around the standard review process, a special avenue that certain privileged litigants can use selectively," she added. SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO INTERVENE IN CASE OF SURROGATE MOTHER WHO REFUSED ABORTION Jackson's speech comes as the Trump administration has submitted 40 emergency applications to the Supreme Court since the start of the president's second term, The Hill reported. Through the emergency docket, the Supreme Court has greenlit Trump's mass firings of career employees and high-profile terminations of Democratic appointees. It has curtailed nationwide injunctions and cleared the way for controversial deportations and immigration stops. Since the start of Trump’s second term, his administration has won about 80% of its appeals on the emergency docket, according to Politico . KAVANAUGH THROWS TRUMP 'A LIFELINE' ON MAIL BALLOT RULES DESPITE SUPREME COURT LOSS BEFORE MIDTERMS The Supreme Court’s majori…