This is Fresh Air. I'm Tanya Mosley and my guest today is Supreme Court Justice

Katanji Brown Jackson. She's written a new memoir that gives us a rare glimpse

into her legal mind detailing her life and the experiences that led her to becoming the first black

woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court.

Nominated by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate in 2022.

Jackson spoke more than any other justice during her first year.

She's also authored several solo dissents at the heart of the nation's culture wars.

In defense of labor unions, affirmative action, the court's

approach to abortion-related cases, voting rights, and immigration law. This summer, Justice

Jackson gave a blistering dissent to the court's opinion to grant Donald Trump partial immunity from prosecution,

arguing that the majority's decision poses a fundamental threat to American democracy and the rule of law,

essentially creating a new power for presidents.

Her new memoir is titled Lovely One,

which is the meaning of her name, Katani Onika, an African name that her aunt suggested her parents choose

to express her pride in African heritage. Justice Jackson starts off her memoir

with a landmark case that has been a guiding light for her.

A Supreme Court dissent from 1896, Plessy versus Ferguson, which upheld racial segregation

under the separate but equal doctrine.

The lone dissenter on the court was Justice John Marshall Harlan,

who argued our Constitution is colorblind.

More than 120 years later,

Justice Jackson was sworn in using Harlan's Bible,

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