Disillusionment that the majority will ever step up to defend the rule of law.
Ketanji Brown Jackson: “Disillusionment that the majority will ever step up to defend the rule of law.”
Editor's note · Context
Jackson expressed a loss of faith in the court's commitment to uphold the law.
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