• News Wrap: Netanyahu visits U.S. leaders as Trump administration pushes for Gaza ceasefire

    News Wrap: Netanyahu visits U.S. leaders as Trump administration pushes for Gaza ceasefire

    Jul 08, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    ... The court said it was not weighing the validity of specific cuts and technically the measure is temporary while other legal challenges play out. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only dissenting vote, writing that the order promises -- quote -- "the dismantling of much of the federal government as Congress had ...

  • Supreme Court clears way for Trump to downsize the federal workforce

    Supreme Court clears way for Trump to downsize the federal workforce

    Jul 08, 2025 09:26 PM EDT

    ... cuts were in front of the justices, only an executive order issued by Trump and an administration directive for agencies to undertake job reductions. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only dissenting vote, accusing her colleagues of a “demonstrated enthusiasm for greenlighting this President’s legally dubious actions in an ...

  • Supreme Court clears way for states to deny Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood

    Supreme Court clears way for states to deny Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood

    Jun 26, 2025 10:45 PM EDT

    ... in this case, he said Congress was not clear. There's no clear and unambiguous right to sue for private plaintiffs. Geoff Bennett: Well, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in her dissent said that the ruling was the latest in a series of decisions that weakened civil rights protections and that ...

  • Supreme Court allows Trump to restart swift deportation of migrants to locations that are not their home countries

    Supreme Court allows Trump to restart swift deportation of migrants to locations that are not their home countries

    Jun 23, 2025 10:18 PM EDT

    ... law, free to deport anyone anywhere without notice or an opportunity to be heard,” she wrote in the dissent joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Attorneys for the migrants sent to South Sudan said they would continue to press their case in court. “The ramifications of Supreme ...

  • Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors

    Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors

    Jun 18, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... And then she said, "I dissent," without including the respectfully that justices usually include. So it was something that she felt very strongly about. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined all of her dissent. Justice Elena Kagan joined most of it. And her argument was really that the court got it ...

  • Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems

    Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems

    Jun 06, 2025 08:47 PM EDT

    WATCH: Elon Musk leaves White House position after overseeing slashing of jobs and agencies Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the court's action creates “grave privacy risks” for millions of Americans by giving “unfettered data access to DOGE regardless — despite its failure to show any need or any interest in ...

  • Supreme Court sides with Ohio woman in making it easier to claim 'reverse' workplace discrimination

    Supreme Court sides with Ohio woman in making it easier to claim 'reverse' workplace discrimination

    Jun 05, 2025 02:20 PM EDT

    ... had set a higher bar when members of a majority group, including those who are white and heterosexual, sue for discrimination under federal law. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote for the court that federal civil rights law draws no distinction between members of majority and minority groups. “By establishing the ...

  • Supreme Court hears Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship and judicial constraints

    Supreme Court hears Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship and judicial constraints

    May 15, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... the scope of nationwide injunctions, it could effectively permit the administration to carry out unlawful actions while leaving individuals without meaningful recourse. Take a listen. Ketanji Brown Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice: The real concern, I think, is that your argument seems to turn our justice system, in ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on Pope Leo XIV's potential impact on U.S. culture and politics

    Brooks and Capehart on Pope Leo XIV's potential impact on U.S. culture and politics

    May 09, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    ... time that remains, let's talk about these public remarks from the Supreme Court justices defending the role of the judiciary. First, we have Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. She warned that attacks on judges undermine democracy. She says: "Across the nation, judges are facing increased threats of not only physical ...

  • WATCH: 'Judicial independence is crucial,' Chief Justice Roberts says

    WATCH: 'Judicial independence is crucial,' Chief Justice Roberts says

    May 08, 2025 02:16 PM EDT

    ... Roberts also said he has no plans to retire as he nears the 20th anniversary of his confirmation to the nation's highest court. His appearance in the city where he was born followed — by less than a week — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's forceful condemnation of attacks on judges.