On the recordJune 26, 2025
The majority thwarts Congress’s will twice over: once, in dulling the tool Congress created for enforcing all federal rights, and again in vitiating one of those rights altogether.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson
The majority thwarts Congress’s will twice over: once, in dulling the tool Congress created for enforcing all federal rights, and again in vitiating one of those rights altogether.
Justice Jackson criticized the Supreme Court's ruling for undermining federal rights.
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