On the record · Updated October 1, 2026
dissenting
5 things Ketanji Brown Jackson said, verbatim, from August 25, 2026 to September 29, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.
Also appeared as: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
Positions
Disputes
“The harm caused by burdening or disenfranchising even a few lawful voters outweighs the nonexistent harm that the Government experiences when it is prevented from taking an action that it likely lacks the authority to take”
Truthout State Department weighs opening passport records to check voters' citizenship ›
Others on this question
“This decision is a victory for election integrity”
Supports
“needlessly injects chaos and uncertainty into the upcoming midterm elections”
Truthdig The Supreme Court lifts one block on Trump's mail voting order, 70 days before the midterms ›
Others on this question
“This doesn't necessarily mean anything in terms of November”
“seemed to create complete chaos leading up to the midterm elections”
More on the record
As printed
“The Court thus misuses its equitable powers”
The Advocate Ketanji Brown Jackson warns the Supreme Court puts eligible voters at risk in pro-Trump ruling ›
As printed
“lets another shoe drop in the Kafkaesque nightmare that our precedents have been steadily creating for certain plaintiffs who seek to bring election-related challenges”
on the ruling making it nearly impossible to challenge election-related actions
As printed
“The Court does a disservice to all concerned by distorting Article III standing and ripeness principles to issue a ruling that contributes to pre-election chaos instead of quashing it, and by using its equitable authority to facilitate a patently inequitable result.”
on her dissent warning the ruling stokes chaos ahead of the midterms
The Federalist SCOTUS Overturns Injunction On Trump’s Mail-In Voting Order ›
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