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Ketanji Brown Jackson: The Court has now declared for the first time in history that the most powerful official in the United States can ……

On the recordSeptember 11, 2025
The Court has now declared for the first time in history that the most powerful official in the United States can … become a law unto himself.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson
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newrepublic.com
Sep 11, 2025

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Jackson's dissent on the implications of a Supreme Court decision regarding executive power.

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