Justice Jackson on writing dissents: "I'm not afraid to use my voice"

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shared insights Thursday into how the Supreme Court operates and on offering dissenting opinions.Why it matters: Jackson has emerged as a significant dissenting voice in the high court during President Trump's second term. She wrote 24 opinions and more dissents than any other justice in the term that ended last month, per SCOTUSblog data.Most recently, she wrote in a dissent in Tuesday's Supreme Court majority ruling that paved the way for the Trump administration to fire federal workers that the executive action would prompt "widespread cancellation of federal programs and services, and the dismantling of much of the Federal Government as Congress has created it."Driving the news: A federal judge asked Jackson during an event in Indiana what kept her up at night."The state of our democracy," the Biden-appointed justice replied."I would say that I am very interested in getting people to focus and to invest and to pay attention to what is happening in our country and in our government," she added at the luncheon for the Indianapolis Bar Association.Jackson said while the most senior justices in the majority and minority will write opinions and principal dissents, she will go to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court's most senior liberal justice, sometimes if she has a "slightly different perspective," a "different take" or the matter is an issue of particular importance to her."I will say, 'Forgive me, Justice Sotomayor, but I need to write on this case,' and it's because I feel like I might have something to offer and something to add," she said. "And I'm not afraid to use my voice."Go deeper: Justice Jackson slams Trump's attacks on judges

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