Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Doing Magazine Covers Now — and Legal Experts Are Furious

There is one job in America where celebrity status is not just inappropriate — it is actively dangerous to the institution itself. That job is Supreme Court Justice. Ketanji Brown Jackson apparently didn’t get the memo.

On America’s 250th birthday, Essence magazine unveiled its special collector’s edition featuring Justice Jackson on the cover, branded — without a trace of irony — “The People’s Champion.” Not “the Constitution’s guardian.” Not “faithful interpreter of the law.” The People’s Champion. A slogan ripped straight from professional wrestling and Democratic campaign rhetoric, slapped on a sitting member of the nation’s highest court.

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, ESSENCE is honored to unveil the first magazine cover of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic career. 

As the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, there is no better moment to celebrate her… pic.twitter.com/xTYtC1L9Lu

— ESSENCE (@Essence) July 4, 2026

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