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Justice Jackson's first written opinion


I have nothing to say about Tuesday's election. 

Hence the illustration, such as it is, attached.

I will take this opportunity to observe, though, that Monday saw the first written opinion handed down by the Supreme Court's newest Justice,  Ketanji Brown Jackson. 

It was issued in dissent: she will become accustomed to that. She was writing for herself and Sotomayor, (they didn't have Kagan on board this time). They would have saved the life of death-row inmate Davel Chinn, accepting the contention that the state of Ohio had suppressed evidence that might have altered the outcome of his trial. 

Jackson would have granted the writ and summarily reversed in order to require the Sixth Circuit to conduct a proper materiality analysis on the suppressed evidence.

The brief dissent is at the end of a lengthy order list issued Monday. 

:  Order List (11/07/2022) (supremecourt.gov)

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  1. Paul D. Van PeltNovember 10, 2022 at 7:54 AM

    I have nothing to say about Ohio, other than, I live here. Justice Brown-Jackson will become accustomed to many nuances associated with being an associate. She will, to whatever degree, be under the influence of older and wiser(?) minds, will butt heads with them from time to time. The judicial pot needs to be stirred and freshened now and then. There were, are, members who never should have been there. Don't expect me to name names. As to the expansive void, I fully agree.

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