Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson continues to get the celebrity treatment, with one magazine drawing criticism over its cover feature touting her as “the people’s champion.”
Former President Joe Biden’s DEI pick is the proverbial gift that keeps on giving as she turns sober jurisprudence on its head with bizarre takes in her opinions, clashes with her fellow justices, and basks in the affection of leftists who have put her on the pedestal formerly occupied by cherished liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died in 2020.
Jackson was given the cover girl treatment by the black lifestyle and culture rag Essence, which features a picture of the justice dressed in purple and flashing her pearly whites for the special double issue marking America’s 250th anniversary.
As America celebrates its 250th birthday, ESSENCE is honored to unveil the first magazine cover of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic career.
As the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, there is no better moment to celebrate her… pic.twitter.com/xTYtC1L9Lu
— ESSENCE (@Essence) July 4, 2026
“As America celebrates its 250th birthday, ESSENCE is honored to unveil the first magazine cover of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic career,” the publication wrote in a social media post promoting the issue.
“As the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, there is no better moment to celebrate her extraordinary legacy. Ketanji Brown Jackson represents the American Dream and serves as a powerful voice for those simply seeking the God-given birthrights promised to every American,” Essence gushed.
But while the cover was very pleasing to KJB’s legion of adoring fans, others criticized the inappropriate nature of treating one of nine members of the nation’s highest court as a celeb, feeding her already oversized ego.
“Ketanji Brown Jackson isn’t supposed to be ‘the people’s champion.’ She’s not a politician. She’s supposed to *interpret* the law, not make it. This kind of thing is why so many people misunderstand how our government works at a basic level,” one X user explained.
Sorry, I hate stuff like this. Ketanji Brown Jackson isn’t supposed to be “the people’s champion.” She’s not a politician. She’s supposed to *interpret* the law, not make it. This kind of thing is why so many people misunderstand how our government works at a basic level. https://t.co/HEuLZ0ZcKE
— Billy Binion (@billybinion) July 5, 2026
“Supreme Court Justices are not celebrities and should not be treated like celebrities,” noted another user who identifies as a trial and appeals lawyer from Georgia.
Supreme Court Justices are not celebrities and should not be treated like celebrities. https://t.co/iFRL6goE4I
— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) July 6, 2026
Others also offered their feedback to the offensive cover feature.
A judge is not supposed to be anyone’s champion. That’s why they’re a judge.
— Holden (@Holden114) July 6, 2026
You’re holding up someone as an example of success who is wholly incompetent and unfit for the position, elevated to it by white people for no other qualification than her race and sex to assuage a guilt for things they did not do.
Awesome job.
— Liberty ＞ Life (@StpeterPadilla) July 6, 2026
So, to sum this up…..
On the cover of a nationally circulating magazine, it is admitted that we have an activst on the SCOTUS.
And she POSED and is celebrating this.
Wild.— Lesley Stover (@lesley_stover) July 6, 2026
This is very inappropriate. She is supposed to be an impartial jurist. Between this and receiving free concert tickets she has an appearance of anything but impartiality. One more attack on the very fabric of our democracy by progressives trying to tip the scales of justice. 😠
— Stargazer (@BristolCindi) July 6, 2026
Ketanji Brown Jackson is once again displaying her unsuitability for the highest court in the land. Her job is not to be the people’s champion. It’s to interpret law. That is her express duty. She is not a politician. Essence is written by midwits to appeal to midwits.
— Enkidu (@enkidu678) July 5, 2026
Jackson has reveled in the attention that comes from being the first black woman on the Supreme Court, including a walk-on appearance in a Broadway play, a slew of media appearances, and showing up at the Grammy Awards.
The Biden-appointee defended her presence at the awards ceremony as “public outreach and education.”
“When the justices are on recess — which is what we are doing right now — we really have an opportunity to go out into the community in various different ways,” Jackson said during a February appearance on “The View,” where she received a tongue bath from the shrieky co-hosts on the popular ABC daytime gabfest.
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