The first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court said before the term began that she was ready to work. During the opening cases, she made that clear.
According to the creator of the Empirical SCOTUS blog, the tally was 4,568 words over the course of a week.
The justices are a bunch of chattery people. For now, Jackson's approach seems less like Justice Clarence Thomas, who once went 10 years without asking a question, and more like Justice Neil Gorsuch, who was one of the more active questioners.
Jackson was vocal in the case that could weaken the Voting Rights Act.
She spoke for more than three and a half minutes to explain her understanding of the history of the post-Civil War 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Jackson's statement was the longest one he had ever seen.
"I can't think of a time when a junior justice took hold of the arguments to the same extent."
Jackson joined a court where conservatives hold a 6-3 advantage, so her vote doesn't matter in many of the most controversial cases. She made herself heard during the arguments.
She said last week at an appearance at the Library of Congress that she was ready to work.
She was the most active speaker in three of the four cases the court heard.
New justices sit back and take things in, but sometimes they ask a question. He said that the approach was a different one.
The Supreme Court opened on Monday with Jackson on the bench. When Jackson asked her first question, she was the fourth justice to do so, and she was about five minutes into her questioning.
By the end of the argument, she had looked at the meaning of the word "adjacent" and wondered if a marsh in a 1985 case was indistinguishable from the creek.
Jackson didn't take her seat until the court began its summer recess in June, giving her time to study the cases. Some justices spent some of their time finalising their opinions in cases involving abortion rights and gun rights.
There will be some lead time for the new justice to ease into her role according to Justice Amy ConeyBarrett who spoke at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in early April. Her first arguments came a week after she was confirmed. On the Saturday after he was sworn in, he heard his first argument.
It takes time to get used to sitting on the highest court in the land. Justice Elena Kagan once likened starting the job to drinking out of a fire hose and said it was difficult to learn. Some justices say it takes five years to get used to the role.
Jackson said that she was the first Black woman to be a justice. She said that people approach her with a sense of pride and renewal.
Jackson said their message was "in essence, 'You go, girl.'" They're sayingvisible no more. We are with you.
That's right.
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