Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was pretty ruthlessly mocked in the majority 6-3 opinion in the “birthright citizenship” case, which really wasn’t about birthright citizenship so much as it was about universal injunctions.
It was not a gratuitous slap at her, it was a reaction to her dissenting opinion which trash talked the majority. (In case you didn’t know, the Justices circulate their opinions to each other so others can address their points.)
But I’ll admit, at first I did read parts of KBJ’s dissent but skimmed the rest, for the same reason that when you pass some crazy guy screaming on the street at a certain point you’ve heard enough and you don’t need to hang around for the whole rant.
So I didn’t notice the passage where KBJ used the phrasing “…. (wait for it) ….” (h/t T. Becket Adams)
But wait, it gets worse. I’ll meet your “(wait for it)” and raise you a “full stop”:
Stop. Full Stop. I’m ready to unconditionally surrender, don’t drop the “legalize” on me.
“Weakest link” or “Dimmest bulb in the theater”?
Sorry, not sorry.
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