Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson’s Declaration of #Independence

The newest #SCOTUS Justice is increasingly willing to condemn the actions of the #conservative majority, even when that means breaking with her #liberal colleagues.

by Ruth Marcus
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https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/justice-ketanji-brown-jacksons-declaration-of-independence

Being a #liberal justice on a #SCOTUS with a 6-Justice #conservative super-majority can be a miserable job. The opportunities for victory are scant; frustration is the baseline. There are 2 different models for dealing w/this reality, approaches that can broadly be described as strategic & rhetorical. A strategic Justice can try to lure a conservative vote here & there, to cobble together an elusive majority & at least limit the damage.
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A rhetorical Justice can call out the conservatives for the sake of educating the current public & planting a flag for history. Or she—& the 3 #liberals are all #women—can tailor her response to the specific case.

Elena #Kagan exemplifies this last, hybrid model. She is more than willing to let the majority have it when that is warranted; she also forges compromises w/individual #conservatives when it is possible to pick up their votes.

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The newest member of the #SCOTUS, #KetanjiBrownJackson, is the epitome of the #rhetorical Justice. Last week, as the Court prepared to finish its work for the year, Jackson issued a pair of dissents that signalled her despair over the Court’s trajectory, her refusal to sugarcoat its behavior, & her willingness to break with her [appeasing] #liberal colleagues, #Kagan & Sonia #Sotomayor.

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