Overview

• Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson authored 24 opinions and dissents in the 2024–2025 term, more than any other justice, according to SCOTUSblog data.
• She was the lone dissenter in Tuesday’s 8–1 ruling allowing the Trump administration to proceed with mass federal workforce layoffs, calling the decision “hubristic and senseless.”
• At an Indianapolis Bar Association event, Jackson said she tells people “how I feel” in her opinions and warned that “the state of our democracy” keeps her up at night.
• Justice Amy Coney Barrett rebuked Jackson’s reasoning as at odds with more than two centuries of precedent, and former adviser Scott Jennings said colleagues have “put her in her place,” highlighting internal friction.
• An Empirical SCOTUS blog analysis found Jackson speaks more during oral arguments than any peer, underscoring her active courtroom role amid debates over court ethics and independence.