Politico: Ketanji Brown Jackson warns Trump’s rhetoric against judges are ‘attacks on our democracy’

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday strongly criticized President Donald Trump — without naming him — for his attacks on judges, arguing that the rhetoric of the president and his allies threatens democracy, according to Politico.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday strongly criticized President Donald Trump — without naming him — for his attacks on judges, arguing that the rhetoric of the president and his allies threatens democracy, according to Politico. Politico reported that Jackson, speaking at a legal conference in Puerto Rico on Thursday, recognized that judges nationwide are facing “relentless attacks and disregard and disparagement.” “The attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity,” Jackson said, according to Politico. “The threats and harassment are attacks on our democracy, on our system of government. And they ultimately risk undermining our Constitution and the rule of law.” Jackson’s comments come as Trump’s attacks on judges and the legal establishment have escalated, with calls to impeach judges who rule against him, executive orders targeting law firms representing his perceived enemies and the arrest of a state judge for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest. The justice did not say Trump’s name but said she was speaking on “the elephant in the room,” according to Politico. The same night Jackson delivered her condemnation, Trump took aim once again at the judicial system, telling students during remarks at the University of Alabama that “the courts are trying to stop me from doing the job that I was elected to do.”