“The underlying premise of the Brown decision - i.e. that 'separate but equal is inherently unequal' - is beyond dispute and judges can express their agreement with that principle without calling into question their ability to apply the law faithfully to cases raising similar issues.”

American lawyer and jurist, Supreme Court justice

Ketanji Brown Jackson is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Born Ketanji Onyika Brown, she was nominated to the Court by President Joe Biden in 2022 and confirmed later that year. She is the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, the first former federal public defender to do so, and the sixth woman in the Court’s history. Her public profile is closely tied to her role on the nation’s highest court and to the significance of her appointment in American legal history.