Jackson and Kavanaugh Clash in Rare Public Fight Over Supreme Court Handling of Trump Cases
By Ben Smith | 9:20 AM on March 10, 2026
It is rare to see Supreme Court justices argue with each other in public.
Disagreements usually appear months later in written opinions after a case is decided. The justices rarely sit on the same stage and debate how the Court is handling active legal fights.
That is what happened Monday when Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Justice Brett Kavanaugh shared a stage and openly clashed over how the Supreme Court has handled emergency appeals tied to President Donald Trump’s policies.
The discussion centered on the Court’s emergency docket. These cases often arrive after lower courts block federal policies, and the administration asks the Supreme Court to allow those policies to take effect while the lawsuits continue.
That process has become one of the most important legal fronts for Trump’s agenda. The Court has repeatedly stepped in after lower-court rulings halted various policies, allowing the administration to move forward while the lawsuits continue.
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/03/10/jackson-and-kavanaugh-clash-in-rare-public-fight-over-supreme-court-handling-of-trump-cases-n2200041
