Overview

• Jackson authored 24 opinions this term, making her the Supreme Court’s most frequent dissenter.
• She stood alone against the court’s 8-1 decision to allow President Trump’s mass federal workforce cuts, denouncing the ruling as “hubristic and senseless.”
• At an Indianapolis Bar Association event, Jackson said “the state of our democracy” was what keeps her up at night and urged citizens to pay closer attention to government actions.
• Justice Amy Coney Barrett rebuked Jackson’s dissent in the birthright citizenship case, and commentators like Scott Jennings and Hans von Spakovsky have criticized her courtroom approach and collegial standing.
• Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and other allies have praised her for challenging executive overreach and potential billionaire influence on the judiciary.