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Listen to This Article: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's Blunt Call for Government By "Independent" Experts

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Independent from what? Dumb voters, of course. On this week’s potentially transformative Supreme Court case, and the revival of Woodrow Wilson’s vision


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Text published 12/12/25:

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's Blunt Call for Government By "Independent" Experts

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December 12, 2025
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's Blunt Call for Government By "Independent" Experts

In oral arguments this week for Trump v. Slaughter, the high-impact Supreme Court case argued over the right of the president to fire the Federal Trade Commissioner, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the quiet part out loud. From an early skirmish with hacksaw-voiced Solicitor General John Sauer:

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