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Newsweek
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Reveals What Keeps Her Up at Night
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson told a group at an Indianapolis Bar Association event on Thursday that "the state of our democracy" is what keeps her up at night, CNN reports. Newsweek reached out to the High Court on Thursday for comment via email. Why It Matters Jackson, the most recent nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court and the first by former President Joe Biden, has faced some criticism, most recently following her lone dissent in the Supreme Court's 8-1 ruling on a case involving executive power over federal workforce layoffs during President Donald Trump's administration and another ruling on birthright citizenship. What To Know At the event on Thursday, Jackson spoke about her book Lovely One: A Memoir, and afterward took questions, one asking what keeps her up at night. "I would say the state of our democracy," the justice responded, according to CNN. "I am really very interested in getting people to focus and to invest and to pay attention to what is happening in our country and in our government." Jackson did not mention Trump by name, CNN reports, but she has been outspoken against his administration in recent dissents. "Instead of directing its attention and resources to fully litigating the merits of the challenge to its authority in the courts below, the Government rushed up the chain of review, seeking an emergency stay of the District Court's preliminary injunction from us," she argued in the federal workforce ruling this week. Jackson was also asked by U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson at the event if she has ever been bothered by a majority opinion's response to a dissent, CNN reports. "I have a very thick skin," Jackson replied. "My parents gave to me a sense of my own ability to write and to speak out and to say what I have to say and to not be really offended by other people saying what they have to say. I actually don't get my feelings hurt, what I do is I try to respond as effectively as I can in my writings." Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks at the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture on July 5 in New Orleans. (Photo byfor ESSENCE) Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks at the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture on July 5 in New Orleans. (Photo byfor ESSENCE) What People Are Saying Former George W. Bush adviser Scott Jennings, on CNN Wednesday night, talking about Jackson: "Apparently [she] has a fundamental disagreement with the rest of the court about what the role of a Supreme Court justice is." "People from the ideological right and the ideological left on the court have had to put her in her place a couple of times here in this term. I would guess internally it's causing internal issues at the Supreme Court." Ana Navarro, CNN senior political commentator, also on Wednesday: "And also listen, nobody puts baby in the corner, and nobody puts Ketanji in her place. She is a Supreme Court justice." She continued, "No, that's not putting her in her place, that's called disagreement, that's called dissenting. It's called a disagreement in the Supreme Court, which is perfectly OK. And if you're expecting a melanated girl from South Florida to shut up and play nice and not ruffle feathers ... you seem to have an issue with it," she said in response to Jennings. What Happens Next The Supreme Court will enter its recess until its next term begins. Observers expect continued focus on the role of dissenting voices, especially Jackson's, as the court addresses future cases involving executive authority, federal power and constitutional interpretation.
New York Post
18-06-2025
- Business
- New York Post
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reports $2M payment for her memoir ‘Lovely One' in 2024
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reported receiving over $2 million from Penguin Random House, which published her book, 'Lovely One: A Memoir,' in 2024. Jackson's financial disclosure report indicated that Penguin Random House paid her a $2,068,750 book advance in 2024. The company also provided reimbursements for transportation, food, and lodging to promote her book at events across the country. 'Lovely One,' whose title references her West African birth name's meaning, was published in early September, and is described by Amazon as 'tracing her family's ascent from segregation to her confirmation on America's highest court within the span of one generation.' Her book tour spanned the country with stops in major cities including San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Miami and Atlanta. This is not the first time Penguin Random House has sent her a massive payment, as a similar disclosure report revealed the company paid her a $893,750 book advance in 2023, bringing the total over two years to almost $3 million. Jackson's financial disclosure report indicated that Penguin Random House paid her a $2,068,750 book advance in 2024. AP The Supreme Court recently adopted a formal ethics code for receiving free travel and other gifts. However, there is no current cap on how much justices may earn from book deals. 'Last month, Barrett, Jackson, Gorsuch and Sotomayor recused themselves from a decision over whether to hear a case involving the parent company of the book publisher Penguin Random House,' the Washington Post reported. Her book tour spanned the country with stops in major cities including San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Miami and Atlanta. Penguin Random House 'The justices did not explain their reasoning for sitting out the discussion, but an ethics expert said it was probably because the case involved the German company Bertelsmann, which owns the publishing house that has published or will be publishing their books.'
Newsweek
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Supreme Court Justice Calls Out Trump Admin Attacks on Judges: 'Not Random'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called out President Donald Trump's administration for attacking federal judges across the country who ruled against it, calling the remarks "not random" and seemingly "designed to intimidate." Newsweek reached out to the Supreme Court via email Thursday night for comment. Why It Matters Since his January inauguration, the president has enacted sweeping change across the federal political landscape, mainly through executive orders and implementing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Part of Trump's agenda that is getting held up in the courts in part is his push for mass deportations of immigrants in the United States. Within the first 100 days of his second term, the president has invoked the Alien Enemies Act, granting him authority to deport and detain noncitizens. The implementation was originally blocked in court, with a judge calling for planes mid-flight to turn around. What To Know While speaking at a judges' conference in Puerto Rico on Thursday, the Democratic- appointed justice said she'd like to address "the elephant in the room," seemingly pointing to the president's administration, Politico reported. "The attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate," she added. "The threats and harassment are attacks on our democracy, on our system of government. And they ultimately risk undermining our Constitution and the rule of law." Jackson seemed to offer some advice to those in attendance, saying, "I urge you to keep going, keep doing what is right for our country, and I do believe that history will vindicate your service." Jackson is not alone in her concerns surrounding the Trump administration's attacks on judges who rule against the White House. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, a Republican appointee, said in a rare statement, "For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose." Trump has notably called for U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg to be impeached over his rulings involving the Alien Enemies Act. Other Trump administration officials have called out judges, mostly related to immigration policy rulings, but also on DOGE-related actions. Ketanji Brown Jackson is seen speaking onstage during the "Ketanji Brown Jackson on Lovely One: A Memoir" panel for The Atlantic Festival 2024 on September 20, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by... Ketanji Brown Jackson is seen speaking onstage during the "Ketanji Brown Jackson on Lovely One: A Memoir" panel for The Atlantic Festival 2024 on September 20, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo byfor The Atlantic) More What People Are Saying Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller, on X, formerly Twitter, this week in reaction to a judge's ruling: "It takes days or weeks to obtain a single warrant for a single criminal search. Requiring a warrant for Border Patrol to conduct an interdiction of an illegal alien is an act of legal insurrection against national sovereignty." Miller continued, "Never in the history of our country or any country has a criminal judicial warrant been required to stop a foreign trespasser from invading your territory. Congress, indeed, has explicitly EXCLUDED all such procedures for alien removals. This is madness." Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland posted to X in March: "Trump is imposing an ultimatum on judges: agree with my bogus analysis of the law or face impeachment. Never has a judge been impeached over doctrinal differences—in other words, for doing their jobs. MAGA now wants to make sound legal analysis a high crime and misdemeanor." Trump, during his 100th day in office speech in Michigan, in part: "We cannot allow a handful of communist radical left judges to obstruct the enforcement of our laws and assume the duties that belong solely to the president of the United States. Judges are trying to take away the power given to the president to keep our country safe ... it's not a good thing." What Happens Next The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to help remove a ruling from a lower court to pave the way for thousands of deportations of Venezuelan immigrants.
