AUDIO: Ketanji Brown Jackson Starts Yelling During High Stakes SCOTUS Proceeding
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on October 15, 2025
By Cullen McCue
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, former President Joe Biden’s lone appointee to the nation’s highest court, repeatedly shouted in multiple heated exchanges as the court heard arguments in a pivotal case concerning the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on Wednesday. The case could have monumental impact on the 2026 midterm elections should the court agree to outlaw the practice of drawing districts on the basis of race.
Expanding upon a Louisiana-based case on the docket, justices said they will consider arguments that the 1965 Voting Rights Act no longer provides a legitimate basis for map creators to intentionally craft majority Black or majority Hispanic districts. The ruling could also impact state and local legislative maps.
The case, Louisiana v. Callais, centers on Louisiana’s congressional map, which features six districts, and challenges the state’s creation of a second majority-Black district under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965. This provision prohibits voting practices that dilute the electoral power of racial minorities, even if unintentional.
A three-judge federal court previously ordered the creation of a second black majority district in Louisiana, which was then challenged through a lawsuit by white voters in 2024.
During Wednesday’s arguments, Justice Jackson became noticeably agitated in multiple tense exchanges with Benjamin Aguiñaga, the Solicitor General of Louisiana. Jackson was asking the solicitor general about the concept of a “compelling state interest” in the context of identifying and remedying areas where racial discrimination in voting has occurred.
As Aguiñaga began to answer, he was almost immediately cut off by Jackson. “All right, so if I’m right, that Section 2 is about identifying the problem and then requiring some remedy, I don’t understand why your answer to Justice Kagan’s question about is this a compelling state interest is no. The answer is obviously yes, that you have an interest in remedying the effects of racial discrimination that we identify using this tool. Whether you go too far in your remedy is another issue, right?” a seemingly irate Jackson asked.
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