Ketanji Brown Jackson rebukes US supreme court over its recent controversial rulings
by Maya Yang from US news | The Guardian on (#75QRN)
Liberal justice warned court could be seen as political after recent decisions backed by conservative supermajority
The US supreme court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a rare public rebuke of the nation's highest court, declaring that it can and should be better" in the wake of a string of controversial moves by its conservative supermajority.
Weeks after writing a solo dissent as the supreme court effectively gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act, Jackson - its newest member and fiercest liberal voice - delivered a stark warning over the risk of the court being seen as political.
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