Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson marks her first official day on Monday as the newest member of the United States Supreme Court where she will sit on the high bench for a lifetime appointment.
As Jackson ascends as the first Black woman installed to the high court, there is a sobering reality: she is in the minority of judicial ideology among the 6-3 conservative majority Supreme Court.
“She is not going to be the savior of the court. However, she is going to write some very powerful dissents that will set the frame for the court going forward,” political strategist Chris Metzler told theGrio.
Kurt Schmoke, president of the University of Baltimore and the city’s former mayor, said “based on the current makeup of the court,” Justice Jackson is “likely to be writing more dissenting opinions than majority opinions, but in time her opinions will have a great impact on law and policy in America.” Read more at www.thegrio.om
