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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is trying to warn us about something. Are we listening?

A smiling woman wearing glasses and a beaded necklace
Jackson, has carved out a role as the ‘great dissenter’, challenging the court’s conservative bloc. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images

Her sharpest words were not in the body of her opinion. They were tucked away in a footnote.

That subtle placement speaks volumes about Ketanji Brown Jackson, the supreme court’s newest member and already its fiercest liberal voice.

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