SCOTUS Grants Trump Another Stay, KBJ Issues Another Fiery Solo Dissent, Drawing Rebuke Even From Sotomayor
The last time we checked in on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, her fiery solo dissent (that even Sotomayor and Kagan didn t join) in the birthright citizenship (really, universal injunction) case had earned her much mockery and scorn, including from the six conservative Justices, KBJ-isms: I ll meet your (wait for it) and raise you a full stop .
KBJ is carving out a niche of solo dissents that play well in the liberal media, drawing her accolades:
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is emerging as the great dissenter in the tradition of John Marshall Harlan. Her opinions will be read long after Amy Coney Barrett is a mere footnote in history.
I look forward to a long and glorious future of Justice Jackson dissents. https://t.co/Ck5pHax2xz
William A. Jacobson (@wajacobson) July 7, 2025
Sticking with her emerging persona as the Great Dissenter, KBJ penned another fiery solo in a case in which the eight other Justices granted the Trump administration a stay pending appeal halting a district court order preventing planning for mass layoffs.
William A. Jacobson.
I’m beginning to think she wasn’t the best choice for SCOTUS Justice.