The last time we checked in on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, her fiery solo dissent (that even Sotomayor and Kagan didn t join) in the birthright citizenship (really, universal injunction) case had earned her much mockery and scorn, including from the six conservative Justices, KBJ-isms: I ll meet your (wait for it) and raise you a full stop .
KBJ is carving out a niche of solo dissents that play well in the liberal media, drawing her accolades:
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is emerging as the great dissenter in the tradition of John Marshall Harlan. Her opinions will be read long after Amy Coney Barrett is a mere footnote in history.
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William A. Jacobson (@wajacobson) July 7, 2025
Sticking with her emerging persona as the Great Dissenter, KBJ penned another fiery solo in a case in which the eight other Justices granted the Trump administration a stay pending appeal halting a district court order preventing planning for mass layoffs.
William A. Jacobson.
I’m beginning to think she wasn’t the best choice for SCOTUS Justice.