Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Descendant of Slaves Who Would Diminish Our Freedoms

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson poses for a photo in the office of Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) before a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 9, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Commentary

President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, while testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee last year after being nominated for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, was asked by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) how she defined judicial activism.