Ketanji Brown Jackson tells Michelle Obama it's important for judges to avoid the "appearance of partiality"

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There isn't a strong enough word for the irony in this video clip.

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There are lots of limits on what judges can do, and I try to be very, very mindful and scrupulous with respect to that; our obligation is to be unbiased in our approach. And you have to then navigate all the sources that could make for an appearance of partiality, which you want to avoid.

THE MOST POMPOUS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IS SAYING THIS TO MICHELLE OBAMA! πŸ˜‚

Also, nothing protects the dignity of the courts like appearing in a Broadway play. Or posing for a magazine cover.

Or going to the Grammys (I almost forgot about that one).

The most public, loud-mouthed, self-assured judge in the history of the United States wants to lecture us about the dignity of the courts πŸ˜‚

Somehow, not satire!

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