KBJ—not Keith Burgess-Jackson but Ketanji Brown Jackson—has successfully made it through the gauntlet of nomination hearings to become the newest member of the Supreme Court. She won't take over until Stephen Breyer finally leaves his seat, which I think is supposed to happen this October (or this June; sources differ).
Jackson contended with accusations from the right that she had been unduly lenient in cases involving child pornography, but because several Republicans (of the Never Trumper stripe, of course) elected to help Democrats by voting her into office, she is now free and clear to spend years voting in a reliably liberal way as part of the highest court in the land. KBJ's presence on the court doesn't do anything to alter the court's current political leanings, but it's good to remember that, even with a majority of ostensible conservatives on the court, only two are true righties: Justice Sam Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas. The other "conservatives" on the court are liberal-leaning RINO squishes, including Donald Trump's three picks for the court: Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.
This brings me back to an issue that, in my opinion, has dogged Trump from the beginning: he's great at taking a general read of human nature, and he can apply that skill to his deal-making, especially in the international arena. But when it comes to how he selects the people he wants surrounding him, Trump has shown himself to be an extremely poor judge of character, which is one reason why so many of his staff picks left him and went on to write petty, tell-all books about their experience. Until Trump learns to read potential staffers more deeply, this problem will continue, assuming he wins a second term in 2024.
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