I've always been the kind of person who just feels like 'Okay, well, people think I can't do this. I'll show them.' — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
My attempts to communicate directly with defendants is about public safety, because most of the people who are incarcerated via the federal… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
As judges, we are public servants. And it is up to the people to determine what the structure and form and function… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
One of the things I loved about Harvard was finding a sizable Black community that really made me feel like I had… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
People are entitled to know if you're accepting gifts as a judge, so that they can evaluate whether or not your opinions… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
I have had the privilege of working alongside people who have a variety of viewpoints about the law and legal analysis throughout… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
I've sentenced over 100 people, and supervised release, which is the kind of post-incarceration condition that judges ordinarily impose, is something that… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
Being a first in any environment also carries with it the responsibility of success. You really want to do well, because you… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
The young people are the future and I want them to know that they can do and be anything. — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
It is incumbent upon us as justices, to educate, to educate, to help people understand what it is that we do what… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
It's important that people understand that judges aren't making things up just from their own personal views of how the world should… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
You never know what cases are going to become significant and the Supreme Court is part of that story. — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
My mother had been adamant that I learn how to swim properly. — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
As someone who has had family members on patrol and in the line of fire, I care deeply about public safety. — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
My very earliest memories are of watching my father study - he had his stack of law books on the kitchen table while I… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
That's what you do as a federal public defender. You are standing up for the constitutional value of representation. — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm a mom and a real person and a wife and doing the best that I can. — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
I evaluate the facts, and I interpret and apply the law to the facts of the case before me without fear or favor, consistent… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
Federal public defenders don't get to pick their clients. They have to represent whoever comes in. And it's a service. — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
If we're going to continue to move forward as a nation, we can't allow concern about discomfort to displace knowledge, truth, or history. — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
