Today I wanted to share something important that newly installed Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said during oral arguments in Merrill v. Milligan, a case about Alabama’s newest Congressional gerrymander. By way of background, there are seven Congressional districts in the state, but only one of them is now drawn to enable the election of an African American representative, down from two before the redistricting. That is a 14 percent representation rate now, despite the population of the state being 25 percent Black. As a result of the redrawing of district lines, white voters are now in districts where their voting strength simply overpowers the African American vote.
At the risk of sounding too emotional, maudlin, or messianic, I do believe that Justice Brown was born, nurtured, and self-motivated to make a difference, and she will, especially once the conservative wing loses its majority. Her initial offering that you have presented here will mark a (hopefully) long career of standing up for fairness against a tide of privilege.
This is fabulous, but, in this court, her words will not sway the seditious 6. In fact, it'll probably encourage them to repeal the 14th amendment. She must have gotten all A's in her CRT classes, which highlights why the right is so against it and against teaching our real history in grades 1-12. What a time to be alive.
Justice KBJ will be our RBG of this Era. She is brilliant and can challenge those who oppose her views to make their position indefensible. We need to make her a societal icon now to pressure those in the “other” side. What is just will prevail eventually.
The best thing about her comments, to me, is that it will make it more difficult for anyone else on the Court to misrepresent the history involved in the Recostruction Amendments. Some of them -- notably Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and Alito -- like to make it up as they go along.
Jay, thanks, as always, for the narrative. May God bless Judge Jackson. I'm an aging white guy. I think the patience I've observed practiced by people of color in this country is EXPONENTIALLY greater than I can even hold a candle to. I fully expect that there's another aging white guy out there somewhere saying, "See, I told you this would happen if you let "them" go to school! You have to keep "them" stupid so they don't mess things up for us."
At the risk of sounding too emotional, maudlin, or messianic, I do believe that Justice Brown was born, nurtured, and self-motivated to make a difference, and she will, especially once the conservative wing loses its majority. Her initial offering that you have presented here will mark a (hopefully) long career of standing up for fairness against a tide of privilege.
This is fabulous, but, in this court, her words will not sway the seditious 6. In fact, it'll probably encourage them to repeal the 14th amendment. She must have gotten all A's in her CRT classes, which highlights why the right is so against it and against teaching our real history in grades 1-12. What a time to be alive.
This is an inspiring start for Justice Jackson! 👏👏👏
Justice KBJ will be our RBG of this Era. She is brilliant and can challenge those who oppose her views to make their position indefensible. We need to make her a societal icon now to pressure those in the “other” side. What is just will prevail eventually.
The best thing about her comments, to me, is that it will make it more difficult for anyone else on the Court to misrepresent the history involved in the Recostruction Amendments. Some of them -- notably Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and Alito -- like to make it up as they go along.
We need more justices like her I applaud her for using their originalist view to remind them why the 14th and 15th amendments were
actually made for 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you!
Brava! Justice Brown Brava!
Jay, thanks, as always, for the narrative. May God bless Judge Jackson. I'm an aging white guy. I think the patience I've observed practiced by people of color in this country is EXPONENTIALLY greater than I can even hold a candle to. I fully expect that there's another aging white guy out there somewhere saying, "See, I told you this would happen if you let "them" go to school! You have to keep "them" stupid so they don't mess things up for us."
I love her already!
Thank you, Jay, for helping to elucidate Justice Jackson's statements .
Brilliant!!
Thank you for this view into the mind of our new justice.