Ketanji Brown Jackson

And, so, you have to then navigate all the sources that could make for an appearance of partiality, which you want to avoid.

I try to be very, very mindful and scrupulous with respect to that because, as you say, our obligation is to be unbiased in our approach.

You really have to be focused on that.

This alternative account pitches Black Americans against immigrants when the advocates who promoted the 14th Amendment did no such thing.

The Court’s conception of a color-blind Constitution and the Government’s (and principal dissent’s) cramped, group-specific reading of the Citizenship Clause are two sides of the same coin, stemming from a basic misunderstanding of the…

Despite his longstanding endorsement of a ‘colorblind’ Constitution, Justice Thomas, now surprisingly suggests that the Citizenship Clause was a race-conscious remedial measure, relating only to ‘freed slaves such as Dred Scott’ — but that…

Their bottom line is that, for certain people, being born on American soil will not suffice to confer citizenship.

The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.

Hawaii chose to protect the unaware property owner while leaving open to gun owners the opportunity to carry firearms where consent has been provided.

Today’s decision makes one thing clear: The Court’s objective is protecting guns, not consistently preserving any principle of law.

With this decision, the Court has now manipulated Bruen into a free-for-all that lets the Judiciary thwart the will of legislatures by privileging access to firearms above all else.

I think Bruen was wrongly decided. But if it is going to be our precedent, the majority should at least endeavor to apply it faithfully.