The U.S. Supreme Court has returned to work after a three-month summer break. As this will be the first term with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on the bench, one retired judge shares his thoughts on what to expect.
According to an NPR report, the Supreme Court is the most conservative it has been in 90 years, with an unprecedented 62 percent of its rulings in the 2021–2022 term falling on the conservative side of the scales. However, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s support for progressive ideologies has stirred concern among some conservatives.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination to serve on the Supreme Court in Washington on March 22, 2022. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
Jackson has been criticized for her support of critical race theory and her praise of the “1619 Project,” liberal ideologies based on the divisive idea that America was built on a foundation of racism and slavery, and was segregated into permanent classes of white oppressors and oppressed minorities….