D.C. attorney general's office
Coverage of D.C. attorney general's office in the Nexus archive.
- Jackson scolds colleagues in solo dissent after court jumps into routine police-stop case
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented in a Supreme Court case upholding a police stop, criticizing the majority for overruling a lower court's factual determination. The 7-2 decision supported the officer's reasonable suspicion based on the 'totality of circumstances,' while Jackson argued the high court overstepped in correcting routine judicial evaluations.
- Jackson scolds colleagues in solo dissent after court jumps into routine police-stop case
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented alone in a Supreme Court case where the majority upheld a police stop under the Fourth Amendment, criticizing the Court for overstepping in correcting a lower court's factual evaluation. The 7-2 decision emphasized police officers' broad discretion to consider 'totality of circumstances' in justifying stops, while Jackson argued for judicial restraint and defended the lower court's ruling.