by Shawn Fleetwood at the Federalist
‘I just feel that I have a wonderful opportunity to tell people, in my opinions, how I feel about the issues.’
Does Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson know what the role of a judge is? It’s a question worth asking given her recent comments at this year’s Global Black Economic Forum.
Speaking with ABC News hack Linsey Davis in a wide-ranging interview on Saturday, the junior justice spoke to attendees about her 2024 memoir and experiences while serving on the nation’s highest court. The most head-turning part of the Biden appointee’s remarks, however, came during her response to a question from Davis on if she is concerned about “the current state of American democracy” — a not-so-subtle dig at sitting President Donald Trump.
Jackson said she’s “heartened that people are focused on the court and the work that we’re doing on the state of the government.” She further expressed support for the American people “leading in terms of the policies and the way in which our government operates” — a statement seemingly at odds with judicial supremacist views she espoused in her unhinged Trump v. CASA dissent last month.
Jackson then turned to the writing of SCOTUS opinions,…
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