The underlying premise of the Brown decision - i.e. that 'separate but equal is inherently unequal' - is beyond dispute and judges can express their agreement with that principle without calling into question their ability to apply the law faithfully… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
Stare decisis, which is the principle that the Supreme Court uses at the outset - the sort of background rule of judicial maintenance or precedence, in order to have predictability, stability in the law - is the kind of principle… — 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
