Jackson Dives Into Supreme Court Ideological Split in First Case

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson jumped right into the US Supreme Court’s ideological divide in her first argument Monday, siding with other liberals in advocating to preserve the EPA’s authority to regulate wetlands.

Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Her questions -- including during the rebuttal period when attorneys typically get to close their arguments without interruption -- suggest Jackson will be an active questioner from the bench. The direction of her queries also indicated that she may tend to side on some issues with the other two liberals on the 6-3 conservative leaning court.

The first case heard Monday focused on whether an Idaho couple ...