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Not to accumulate a fanbase. Not to become a cultural icon. The moment a justice starts thinking of herself as “The People’s Champion,” she has already stopped thinking of herself as a neutral arbiter of the Constitution — and everything that follows flows from that corruption of purpose.
Here is the standard that actually matters: a Supreme Court justice’s job is to interpret the law, not to be celebrated by it
Ketanji Brown Jackson is auditioning for something else entirely. And the legal community — including voices on the left — is right to call it out.