If you were following the Supreme Court news yesterday, you likely saw that Justice Amy Coney Barrett smacked down her fellow Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson over her childish dissent, saying:
“We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries’ worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself,” she began. “We observe only this: Justice Jackson decries an imperial executive while embracing an imperial judiciary,” she added.
Now another excerpt from Jackson’s dissent is circulating and it contains a phrase that makes Jackson sound more like a YouTuber than a Supreme Court justice.
She actually used the expression ‘wait for it’ in the middle of a sentence.
See below:
First time I’ve seen the phrase, “Wait for it” in a SCOTUS ruling.
What is she writing, a judicial dissent, or an article for MSNBC? pic.twitter.com/FO3yQZwSHb
— ArthurinCali (@ArthurReturnss) June 27, 2025
Just amazing.
It’s one thing to have an intellectually unimpressive Supreme Court Justice. But it’s somewhat surprising how unintelligent her clerks appear to be as well.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) June 27, 2025
Lots of people commented on this on Twitter/X:
The phrase “Wait for it” gives off a Tik Tok vibe completely unsuited for a SCOTUS opinion. I can imagine her clerking staff encouraging its inclusion, though.
— ArthurinCali (@ArthurReturnss) June 27, 2025
“One of the sharpest legal minds in a generation”
-Biden, remarking on Justice Jackson
— ArthurinCali (@ArthurReturnss) June 27, 2025
We are all Amy Coney Barrett today. Good God, how did this person ever make it to the Supreme Court. https://t.co/AT01q1joyY
— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) June 27, 2025
As it turns out . . . (wait for it) . . . the American people understand that a “woman” is an adult female person.
Full stop.
IYKYK. Seems like there were warning signs. ♂️ https://t.co/mtAIWorFpf
— Gene Hamilton (@GeneHamiltonUSA) June 27, 2025
We are reaping the fruit of GenZ SCOTUS clerks being trained their whole lives to write for clicks. https://t.co/Gvcv5VmX1v
— Rachel Bovard (@rachelbovard) June 27, 2025
Is there any wonder why Barrett and the other justices didn’t take Jackson’s dissent seriously? Even she didn’t seem to.
