In my view, this was the wrong decision at the wrong moment, especially given what little this Court knows about what is actually happening on the ground.
Ketanji Brown Jackson: “In my view, this was the wrong decision at the wrong moment, especially given what little this Court knows about what is…”
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Justice Jackson criticized the Supreme Court's decision regarding federal employee layoffs.
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