Ketanji Brown Jackson
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Ketanji Brown Jackson -- Born: 1970-09-14. Occupation: federal judge. Employer: Goodwin. Position: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Education: Harvard Law School. Awards: Time 100.
Born1970-09-14
Occupationfederal judge, judge, jurist, lawyer
EmployerGoodwin, Morrison & Foerster, United States Sentencing Commission
PositionAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, United States federal judge
EducationHarvard Law School, Harvard University, Miami Palmetto High School
AwardsTime 100
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“Courts are designed to be scary, and we really need to make sure that the people who are appearing in front of us understand what’s going on,”
fm.kuac.org2026-07-20Source“I have been quite a vocal critic of the court in terms of its use of the emergency docket,”
adn.com2026-07-20Source“We really are part of America. We can do the same things they can do Outside here – we can probably do them better because we’re in Alaska. But, you know, those big themes are true for all of us.”
fm.kuac.org2026-07-20Source“They want to know how I'm going to perform in this job and in this environment, and so I'm doing my best work as well as I can do, because I want people to see and know that I can do anything just like anyone else.”
ABC News2025-07-08Source“As a democracy, the people are supposed to be the rulers. The people are supposed to be leading in terms of the policies and the way in which our government operates. And so, the more that people are engaged with our institutions the better.”
ABC News2025-07-08Source“I am actually heartened that people are focused on the court and the work that we're doing on the state of the government.”
ABC News2025-07-08Source“The idea of giving up on yourself was never really a choice for me, because my parents, who were public school teachers when I was born, decided that they were going to ensure that I knew that I could do anything I wanted to.”
ABC News2025-07-07Source“A dissent is the opportunity for the justices to express their differing views with respect to what the majority has done,”
CBS News2024-09-03Source“A binding code of ethics is pretty standard for judges, and so I guess the question is 'Is the Supreme Court any different?'”
NBC News2024-09-01Source“But I think that's aspirational. I would like to be better at forging consensus.”
CBS News2024-09-01Source“I was concerned about a system that appeared to provide immunity for one individual under one set of circumstances, when we have a criminal justice system that had ordinarily treated everyone the same,”
CBS News2024-09-01Source“No one can match Justice Breyer in that skill… But I think that's aspirational. I would like to be better at forging consensus.”
CBS News2024-09-01Source“The primary takeaway from the past 250 years of recorded American history is that presidents are not kings,”
NBC News2022-02-25Source“I can only hope that my life and career, my love of this country and the Constitution ... will inspire future generations of Americans,”
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“What she’s doing just really creates another pathway for all children, not just African American children,”
adn.com2026-07-20Source“Of course, she’s in Alaska — her sorority sisters have to come out and support her,”
adn.com2026-07-20Source“And it was impeding their ability to reform,”
fm.kuac.org2026-07-20Source“I'm aware that people are watching,”
ABC News2025-07-08Source“Sometimes we have cases that have those kinds of implications, and, you know, are there cases in which there are issues that have that kind of significance? Absolutely,”
ABC News2025-07-08Source“We have very different opinions, and it's a tradition of the Court that justices get to voice their opinions in the context of their opinions and writings.”
ABC News2025-07-08Source“We have very different opinions,”
ABC News2025-07-08Source“And I think that helps you to really get out any frustrations.”
apnews.com2025-01-30Source“A dissent is the opportunity for the justices to express their differing views with respect to what the majority has done.”
CBS News2024-09-03Source“And I had a difference of opinion and I wanted to make clear why I thought what I did in that situation.”
CBS News2024-09-03Source“Lots of justices use terms and phrases that they want to use in order to make a significant point,”
CBS News2024-09-03Source“I'm not going to comment on other justices' interpretations of the rules or what they're doing.”
NBC News2024-09-01Source“And when eyes are on you, you really do want to perform well.”
CBS News2024-09-01Source“I think there's a fair amount of attention that comes with being the first, and when eyes are on you, you really do want to perform well.”
CBS News2024-09-01Source“I wasn't doing anything different,”
CBS News2024-09-01Source“I think there are legal issues that arise out of the political process, and so the Supreme Court has to be prepared to respond if that should be necessary,”
NBC News2024-09-01Source“I follow the rules, whatever they are, with respect to ethical obligations,”
CBS News2024-09-01Source“I am considering supporting it as a general matter. I'm not going to get into commenting on particular policy proposals, but from my perspective, I don't have any problem with an enforceable code,”
NBC News2024-09-01Source“And maybe I should have been. But I have questions, and we have a very complicated legal system. And these issues are hard.”
CBS News2024-09-01Source“Patrick and I explained to her that getting to be on the Supreme Court isn't really the kind of job that you apply for. You just have to be lucky enough to have the president find you among the thousands of people that might want to do that job.”
NBC News2022-02-25SourceWorks Timeline
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- thegrio.com · 2026-07-29
- fm.kuac.org · 2026-07-20
- newsminer.com · 2026-07-20
- scotusblog.com · 2026-07-20
- adn.com · 2026-07-20
- apnews.com · 2025-01-30
- washingtonpost.com · 2022-09-30
- apnews.com · 2022-07-01
- reuters.com · 2022-06-30
- nbcnews.com · 2022-06-30
- nytimes.com · 2022-04-07
- apnews.com · 2022-04-07
- reuters.com · 2022-03-21
- nbcnews.com · 2022-02-25
- apnews.com · 2022-02-25
- reuters.com · 2022-02-25
- pbs.org · 2022-02-25
- vox.com · 2022-02-25
- NPR · 2022-02-14
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