concurring opinion

In a 6,323-word concurring opinion, Justice Jackson dismantles the Thomas dissent’s narrow reading of the 14th Amendment, calling it a “return” to the infamous 1857 decision’s “core tenet.” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined in part by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, filed a sharp concurring opinion on Tuesday in Trump v. Barbara, accusing Justice Clarence Thomas of…