He received a JD from Duke University and is the author of two books on the Supreme Court.
SCOTUS, Explained Get the latest developments on the US Supreme Court from senior correspondent Ian Millhiser.
Yet, while the result in AFSCME isn’t surprising, the case reveals a schism within the Court — and it highlights how the Trump administration has managed to successfully circumvent normal court procedures to quickly get their grievances before a largely sympathetic Supreme Court.
Jackson is becoming increasingly vocal about her belief that the Court should return to its prior shadow docket policy.
In both cases, Jackson argues — without any rebuttal from the majority — that the Trump administration failed to show irreparable harm.
But the Court left that judge’s order in place for nearly an entire year while the case was pending on appeal.
Maybe there is a nonpartisan explanation for why the Court treated Biden differently than Trump. »