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Ketanji Brown Jackson

Judiciary

Just Ketanji Brown Jackson Lands Major Book Deal for Her Memoir

It is becoming a pattern for Supreme Court justices to make significant amounts of money by publishing books.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.7.2023 12:35 PM

Supreme Court

SCOTUS in Fall 2022: Longer Arguments, Fewer Opinions

The Supreme Court's oral arguments have become significantly longer, but the Court has yet to issue an opinion on the merits so far this term.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.30.2022 6:43 PM

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Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson and the Future of Progressive Originalism

The liberal justice seems ready to fight legal conservatives on their own ground.

Damon Root | 12.15.2022 12:20 PM

Originalism

Is Justice Jackson the "De Facto Leader" of Progressive Originalists?

Originalist scholar Larry Solum suggests KBJ could be the Left's Antonin Scalia.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.9.2022 10:48 AM

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Supreme Court

Jackson, in First Supreme Court Opinion, Defends Death Row Inmate

In her short, yet searing dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson argues that the court should have granted the petition of an Ohio man sentenced to death after prosecutors hid a key witness' severe intellectual disability from jurors.

Emma Camp | 11.8.2022 1:10 PM

Supreme Court

Justice Jackson Sets Record for New Justice in October Arguments (Updated)

The Court's newest justice was an extremely active questioner during the Supreme Court's October arguments.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.16.2022 8:17 PM

Supreme Court

For the First Time, Supreme Court Splits 5-4 Along Gender Lines

The Court denied the Biden's request for a stay of a lower court injunction against new immigration enforcement guidelines.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.23.2022 9:02 AM

Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson To Become 104th Associate Justice Thursday At Noon

The Supreme Court announces when Judge Jackson will become Justice Jackson.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.29.2022 3:46 PM

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Criminal Justice

A Former Public Defender Joins the Supreme Court

Newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has a good track record on cases involving qualified immunity.

Damon Root | 5.31.2022 6:00 AM

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Conservatism

Conservatives Say They Care About the Constitution. Until They Talk About Criminal Justice.

Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the nation's first Supreme Court justice to have served as a public defender, and the first since Thurgood Marshall to have experience as a defense attorney. That's good.

Steven Greenhut | 4.8.2022 8:00 AM

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My NBC Article on the Confirmation of Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

It explains why many of the reasons GOP senators gave for opposing Jackson were ridiculous, but also that there is nothing inherently wrong in opposing a qualified "mainstream" nominee based on differences over judicial philosophy.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.7.2022 4:03 PM

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Supreme Court

Did Ketanji Brown Jackson Flout the Law When She Reduced a Drug Dealer's Sentence?

The Supreme Court nominee's critics say she clearly did, but several federal appeals courts disagree.

Jacob Sullum | 4.4.2022 4:30 PM

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Biden Administration

Will Smith and Joe Biden Both Messed Up

Plus, the Reason editors' thoughts on Ketanji Brown Jackson

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 3.28.2022 5:10 PM

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What Should Have Happened at the Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings

Can you define "partisan circus?"

Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton | 3.28.2022 4:50 PM

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When They Attack 'Dark Money,' They're Really Attacking Free Speech

Republicans take a page from the Democrats’ book by crying “dark money” during Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing.

Alex Baiocco | 3.25.2022 3:15 PM

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Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson Defended People Suspected of Terrorism. Good.

There's a particular richness to Republican senators weaponizing the right to defense counsel as an affront to the Constitution as opposed to something that's pivotal to it.

Billy Binion | 3.24.2022 5:12 PM

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Tom Cotton's Absurd Question About Contacting a Heroin Dealer's Victims Reveals a Drug Warrior's Demagoguery

The mindlessly punitive senator grilled Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson about her resentencing of a drug offender.

Jacob Sullum | 3.24.2022 4:15 PM

Supreme Court

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Says She Intends to Recuse from Harvard Admissions Case if Confirmed

While some legal ethics experts suggest recusal would not be necessary, the SCOTUS nominee suggested she thinks otherwise.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.23.2022 4:22 PM

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Are Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz Ignorant About Child Porn Penalties or Just Demagogic?

Even if the senators are genuinely confused, that underlines the recklessness of their attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Jacob Sullum | 3.23.2022 3:35 PM

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Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson's 'Partial Tribute to the Judicial Philosophy of Originalism' Earns Conservative Praise

“I believe that the Constitution is fixed in its meaning,” said the Supreme Court nominee.

Damon Root | 3.23.2022 9:45 AM

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Josh Hawley's Attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson Illustrates the Emotionalism She Criticized

The senator argues that questioning sex offender policies "endangers our children."

Jacob Sullum | 3.23.2022 12:01 AM

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Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson Explains to Lawmakers How Being a Lawyer Works

As expected, Tuesday's hearing was primarily made up of political theater.

Billy Binion | 3.22.2022 5:14 PM

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Here Is What Ketanji Brown Jackson Said in the Harvard Law Review Article That Josh Hawley Found 'Alarming'

The Supreme Court nominee raised serious constitutional concerns about laws that punish sex offenders after they complete their sentences.

Jacob Sullum | 3.21.2022 4:35 PM

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Some Questions Senators Should ask Ketanji Brown Jackson

George Will and the Washington Post editorial board suggest some good ones. I add a few of my own.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.20.2022 11:28 PM

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Judicial Nominations

Why Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Serve Useful Purposes

The process has many flaws. But we're still better off with the hearings than we would be without them.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.20.2022 11:01 PM

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Josh Hawley Absurdly Suggests That Ketanji Brown Jackson Has a Soft Spot for 'Child Predators'

The Missouri senator's attack on the Supreme Court nominee elides crucial distinctions and ignores widespread judicial criticism of child pornography sentences.

Jacob Sullum | 3.18.2022 3:55 PM

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Should Ketanji Brown Jackson Recuse in Harvard Admissions Case?

Does her position on Harvard University's Board of Overseers require or counsel her recusal once she is confirmed?

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.11.2022 6:10 AM

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When Ketanji Brown Jackson Represented the Cato Institute

President Biden's Supreme Court nominee was counsel of record for a Cato Institute brief in a case challenging the detention of alleged enemy combatants.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.2.2022 1:03 PM

Supreme Court

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (Updated)

News reports indicate President Biden has made his choice to replace Justice Stephen Breyer

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.25.2022 9:29 AM

Supreme Court

Book: Judge Jackson Said She "Do[esn't] Understand" Justice Thomas

ABCNews unearths an interesting interview with Ketanji Brown Jackson about Justice Clarence Thomas

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.23.2022 11:28 AM

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