Given the fact-based nature of the issue in this case and the many serious harms that result from allowing the President to dramatically reconfigure the Federal Government, it was eminently reasonable for the District Court to maintain the status quo while the courts evaluate the lawfulness of the President's executive action.
Ketanji Brown Jackson: “Given the fact-based nature of the issue in this case and the many serious harms that result from allowing the President…”
On the recordJuly 8, 2025
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Jackson's dissent on the Supreme Court's ruling regarding federal layoffs by the Trump administration.
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