Ketanji Brown Jackson Is the Conscience of the Resistance

Ketanji Brown Jackson Is the Conscience of the Resistance

The Supreme Court operates on rigid custom and protocol. The court begins its term every first Monday in October and ends (“rises”) around the end of June. It votes in conferences that only the justices attend, and in strict order from most to least senior. Opinions are assigned by the senior justice on that side of the decision. The decisions themselves are worked out on written drafts that messengers circulate, walking the quiet carpets of the…