Separately, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered a sustained attack on her conservative colleagues’ use of emergency orders to benefit the Trump administration. Speaking at Yale Law School, Jackson criticized the orders as “scratch-paper musings” that can “seem oblivious and thus ring hollow,” and pushed back on the court’s assessment that preventing the president from implementing policy often outweighs the harm to challengers.
Jackson also addressed the legal standard for emergency relief, stating, “The president of the United States, though he may be harmed in an abstract way, he certainly isn’t harmed if what he wants to do is illegal.” She criticized her colleagues for insisting that these musings be applied by lower courts.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to announce opinions tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. EDT. The justices will meet in a private conference on Friday to discuss cases and vote on petitions for review, with orders expected on Monday at 9:30 a.m. EDT.
Monday marks the start of the court’s April argument session. The docket includes arguments on when federal courts may review state-court decisions and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s use of disgorgement in securities enforcement.
In other developments, President Donald Trump discussed potential Supreme Court vacancies during a Fox Business interview, referencing the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Trump also stated his intent to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell later this year if he does not leave office on his own.