The dignity of the Court used to hold some weight. But now it’s becoming a laughing stock.
And the Supreme Court is crumbling after this Justice was caught in a disgusting act.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson traded her black robes for the bright lights of Broadway on Saturday night, making history with a cameo in & Juliet, a qu**r, modern reimagining of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.
The Supreme Court justice — who infamously told the Senate during her 2022 confirmation that she couldn’t define what a woman is because she’s “not a biologist” — stepped into the role of Queen Mab, a character explicitly described as “she/her” in the production’s promotional materials.
The 54-year-old liberal justice took on the brief, walk-on role in the sold-out musical, marking a dream come true for Jackson. The performance, crafted with two custom scenes just for her, fulfilled her long-standing wish to grace the Broadway stage.
“I just also think it’s very important to remind people that justices are human beings, that we have dreams, and that we are public servants,” Jackson told CBS Mornings ahead of her big debut.
& Juliet reimagines the classic tragedy by asking: what if Juliet didn’t end her life after discovering Romeo dead? In this alternate storyline, Juliet seeks new love, ventures to Paris with a nonbinary character, and winds up tangled in a love triangle.
Video posted to the musical’s X account captured Jackson enthusiastically delivering one of her lines onstage: “Female empowerment… Sick!”
Behind-the-scenes footage showed Jackson rehearsing choreography and perfecting her lines. At the end of the night, she couldn’t contain her excitement. “I did it! I made it to Broadway,” she cheered.
Jackson described the performance as a natural fit, telling CBS News, “I feel very much in my element.”
“I just always loved theater and I’ve felt very comfortable onstage,” she added. “I was always performing from when I was very young. It felt like the theater people were my people.”
The justice praised the play as a “wonderful story of female empowerment and women’s ability to do what they want to do,” saying she had plenty of “fun” throughout the process.
Jackson’s star turn came just days after the Supreme Court wrapped up its final oral arguments of the year. The court will reconvene in January.
A self-proclaimed “theater junkie,” Jackson’s passion for the stage started young and carried through her years at Harvard, where she took drama classes alongside actor Matt Damon.
In her memoir Lovely One, released earlier this year, Jackson reflected on her Broadway aspirations and her Ivy League dreams.
“I, a Miami girl from a modest background with an unabashed love of theatre, dreamed of one day ascending to the highest court in the land — and I had said so in one of my supplemental application essays,” she wrote.
During her book tour this fall, Jackson even broke into song, performing bits from Schoolhouse Rock and other stage productions to showcase her theatrical side.
Following her brief but buzz-worthy Broadway cameo, Jackson spent time mingling with audience members and soaking in the moment.
Jackson, nominated by President Biden to replace Justice Stephen Breyer, joined the Supreme Court in 2022 and remains one of its three liberal justices.
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