Political Quotes

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Judge / Justice

109Quotes on record
2025–2026On the record

Ketanji Brown Jackson is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, having been nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed in April 2021. She is the first African American woman to serve on the Court. Prior to her appointment, Jackson served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and was a federal district judge for the District of Columbia. Her judicial philosophy emphasizes a commitment to the rule of law and the importance of constitutional protections against governmental overreach.

Jun 23, 2026

Having enshrined a returning LPR’s already-admitted status, Congress could not have meant for the guarantees it was affording to be so cavalierly swept aside.

rollcall.com
Jun 23, 2026

The majority undermined the rule of law and rights of immigrants, and that the government should not be able to impose severe consequences because of unproven allegations.

rollcall.com
May 26, 2026

I think that means it's incumbent on us to do things, to act in ways, that shore up public confidence.

abcnews.com
May 26, 2026

Everyone believes the court system is outside the political sphere. I think that means it's incumbent on us to do things, to act in ways, that shore up public confidence.

abcnews.com
May 26, 2026

Public confidence is really all the judiciary has.

abcnews.com
Sep 11, 2025

The Court’s decision to permit the Executive to violate the Constitution with respect to anyone who has not yet sued is an existential threat to the rule of law.

newrepublic.com
Sep 11, 2025

The decision … gives the Executive the go-ahead to sometimes wield the kind of unchecked, arbitrary power the Founders crafted our Constitution to eradicate.

newrepublic.com
Sep 11, 2025

The Court has now declared for the first time in history that the most powerful official in the United States can … become a law unto himself.

newrepublic.com
Jul 10, 2025

I have a very thick skin.

cnn.com
Jul 10, 2025

Perhaps the degradation of our rule-of-law regime would happen anyway.

cnn.com
Jul 10, 2025

The threats and harassment are attacks on our democracy, on our system of government.

cnn.com
Jul 10, 2025

The attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity.

cnn.com