Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
I think the thing that has been most startling in a way has been the need for security in a way that you didn’t have before. It has meant really having to adjust my life, because I can’t just go out in any meaningful way as I used to. And that can be a downside—just not being able to live a normal life.
— Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in comments given during an appearance on former first lady Michelle Obama’s “IMO Podcast,” where she explained that heightened security has at times left her feeling “confined.” Jackson went on to note that Supreme Court justices have received round-the-clock protection ever since the 2022 leak of the draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
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