I thought the law was fascinating and consequential. And as much as I loved the arts, I always really wanted to do… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
I love the idea that in order to be successful, it takes hard work. — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
I am very warm and open with my staff. I have a small group that works directly for me, my law clerks… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
We only have the public's belief in the rule of law and willingness to follow what it is that we decide. And… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
My husband has always seen this as a partnership. He is so self-sacrificing in parenting, caring for our household and my career.… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
My second clerkship was with Bruce Selya, who is on the First Circuit, and it was a court of appeals clerkship. I… — 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
I've never studied critical race theory, I've never used it, it doesn't come up in my work as a judge. — 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
