Justice Jackson Warns Court Risks Political Perception After Voting-Rights Rulings
Jackson warned the Supreme Court risks appearing political after the Callais voting-rights decision and unexplained orders sending lower-court cases back for reconsideration.
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Overview
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned at an American Law Institute conference in Washington, D.C., on Monday that the Supreme Court risks being seen as political after its handling of a voting rights case.
At the end of April the court issued Louisiana v. Callais, a decision that reinterpreted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and made it harder to challenge racial gerrymanders.
Jackson wrote a solo dissent saying the court had "spawned chaos," while Justice Samuel Alito called her arguments "groundless and utterly irresponsible" and the chief justice said justices are not "political actors."
Conservatives have held a 6-3 majority since 2020, Jackson was nominated by Joe Biden in 2022, and polling shows public trust in the Supreme Court at historic lows in recent years.
On Monday the court threw out lower-court rulings from Mississippi and North Dakota and sent them back to reconsideration in light of Callais, a move that Justice Jackson dissented from.
Analysis
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