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Ketanji Brown Jackson
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Background
Ketanji Brown Jackson has served as an Associate Justice since June 2022, and is the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. She previously served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as vice chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and as an assistant federal public defender. She is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer.
Notable opinions (OT2023-OT2025)
| Chiles v. Salazar Would have upheld Colorado's conversion-therapy restrictions on talk therapy. source |
| Trump v. United States Filed her own dissent in addition to joining Sotomayor's principal dissent. source |
| Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services Held, unanimously, that Title VII does not require majority-group plaintiffs to show additional 'background circumstances' to establish a prima facie case at summary judgment; the evidentiary burden is the same for every plaintiff. source |
| Trump v. Barbara Joined the birthright-citizenship majority with a separate concurrence. source |
Selected notable opinions from the three most recent completed Supreme Court terms. Roles, dates, and vote splits are taken from the linked sources; summaries describe what each opinion held, not the underlying facts.
Latest statements
Family
- Calvin Ross (uncle)
- Paul Ryan (in-law)