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I am acutely aware that, as a judge in our system, I have limited power, and I am trying in every case to stay in my lane.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson Senate confirmation hearings (2022)

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Jackson responding during Q&A on Day 2 of the hearings, or March 22nd, as quoted in "Ketanji Brown Jackson vows to ‘stay in lane’ on Supreme Court: As lawmakers questioned the nominee, Jackson asserted her commitment to neutrality on the bench and defended her history as a judge and public defender." Courthouse News Service. (March 22, 2022)

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Stated simply: The Court has now declared for the first time in history that the most powerful official in the United States can (under circumstances yet to be fully determined) become a law unto himself. As we enter this uncharted territory, the People, in their wisdom, will need to remain ever attentive, consistently fulfilling their established role in our constitutional democracy, and thus collectively serving as the ultimate safeguard against any chaos spawned by this Court’s decision. For, like our democracy, our Constitution is “the creature of their will, and lives only by their will.”

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