In a scathing dissent, Justice Jackson says the Supreme Court gives the impression it favors 'moneyed interests'
Earlier DU thread: Fuel firms can challenge California's emission limits, supreme court rules
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Source: NBC News
In a scathing dissent, Justice Jackson says the Supreme Court gives the impression it favors 'moneyed interests'
In an environmental case, the liberal justice questioned whether the high court treats business interests differently from "less powerful litigants."
June 20, 2025, 11:59 AM EDT / Updated June 20, 2025, 12:26 PM EDT
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON — Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized her colleagues Friday in a scathing dissent in a case involving vehicle emissions regulations.
In her dissenting opinion, she argued that the court's opinion gives the impression it favors “moneyed interests” in the way it decides which cases to hear and how it rules in them. The court had ruled 7-2 in favor of fuel producers seeking to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of California clean vehicle emissions regulations.
She also said she was concerned that the ruling could have "a reputational cost for this court, which is already viewed by many as being overly sympathetic to corporate interests."
With the Trump administration reversing course on many of former President Joe Biden's environmental policies, including those about California's electric vehicle mandates, the case is most likely moot or soon will be, Jackson wrote, making her wonder why the court felt the need to decide it.
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