Justice Jackson scorns Trump over 'attacks' on judges
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Left: MIAMI, FL-MARCH 10: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson takes part in an evening event at the Chapman Conference Center at MDC Wolfson Campus on March 10, 2025, in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Alberto E. Tamargo/Sipa USA). Right: President Donald Trump addresses the topic of transgender weightlifters during his commencement speech at the University of Alabama, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart).

On Thursday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered a pointed critique of President Donald Trump and his supporters, criticizing their persistent criticisms of judges who have rendered decisions against the government.

Although she refrained from naming the former and current president directly, the court’s latest member directed her remarks at Trump and his backers. She spoke against “relentless attacks and disregard and disparagement” that judges nationwide, and likely many in the audience, endure regularly, as reported by Politico.

“It seems as though every time I read the news or turn on the television these days, I see the affronts,” Jackson reportedly said.

The recriminations came during an 18-minute address at the First Circuit Judicial Conference in Puerto Rico, which was not recorded, according to judicial transparency organization Fix the Court.

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While May 1, is internationally recognized as May Day, a labor holiday, the U.S. has long recognized the date as Law Day.

Jackson referenced the latter celebration in her remarks, saying she was “taking this point of personal privilege to reaffirm the significance of judicial independence and to denounce attacks on judges based on their rules,” according to The New York Times.

The scheduled subject matter of Jackson’s speech was her life and a recent memoir, according to multiple reports. Her comments critical of the environment judges currently face were not off the cuff, but, rather, prepared and written, the Times reported.

“Across the nation, judges are facing increased threats of not only physical violence, but also professional retaliation just for doing our jobs,” Jackson said. “And the attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity.”

The attacks in question have come from the president on down in response to what Trump, White House staffers, and other pro-Trump voices see as judicial interference with their political goals.

In the still-early days of the second Trump administration, numerous policies have been pared down and paused altogether by various federal courts — from the district court level to the Supreme Court itself. In response: a torrent of calls for judges to be impeached.

In February, three articles of impeachment were filed against two district judges — Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer and Washington, D.C.-based Senior U.S. District Judge John Bates — following goading by Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk and others in posts on X (formerly Twitter).

In March, Trump himself took to social media to suggest D.C.-based Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg be removed from the bench. Two resolutions to sack Boasberg followed that request.

Then, Chief Justice John G. Roberts issued an exceedingly rare public statement. In a terse message relayed by the Supreme Court’s public information office, the George W. Bush-appointed justice — who is widely viewed as relentlessly concerned with the court’s legitimacy and legacy — said “impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.”

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