Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson - the newest justice to the bench - spoke more than any other justice on the high court during arguments for the current term.
“There is the liberal justices argument…where they pretty much know they will be on the losing side of any ideologically laden case so at least they can air out their positions at oral argument,” Mr. Feldman said.
Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, also said Justice Jackson’s lower court experience of not having to share the bench could explain the scope of her questioning. But still, he said, it is surprising for a first-term justice to be the one speaking the most during oral arguments, even more than Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who also moderates the hearings.
In terms of the conservative wing, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch spoke the most, followed by Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr., Amy Coney Barrett, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas, according to Mr. Feldman’s count.
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