Ketanji Brown Jackson: “Those of us who are privileged to work inside the court must not lose sight of this institution’s unique mission and…”

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?

The Court’s disposition of this application does not mean that any measure taken by the Government to implement the Order will necessarily be lawful.

Significant real-world harms can follow Supreme Court stay rulings, and when the court’s orders do not acknowledge that reality, they seem oblivious and ring hollow,

You know, there are lots of limits on what judges can do, and I try to be very, very mindful and scrupulous with respect to that because, as you say, our obligation is to be unbiased in our approach.