The Dumbest Supreme Court Justice Ever?

Ruthless Podcast

News, Politics

4.7 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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🎙️ Watching SCOTUS this week, it’s obvious that the left’s entire legal theory collapses once someone asks simple questions. We talk about why this case isn’t just about sports, and why the arguments we’re hearing put far more than one issue at risk. Serious question, though, is Ketanji Brown Jackson the dumbest current justice, or the dumbest justice ever? I bet she doesn’t understand. 👩🏻‍⚖️ Then, we break down why this thinking from left-wing justices collapses under even mild pressure. It also exposes years of sloppy logic, and why watching actual litigators respond to it is both painful and deeply satisfying. This reveals the broader pattern we’ve seen for years: vibes over facts. 🏀 Bruce Pearl joins us for a deep conversation on leadership, college basketball, NIL disorder, and the cost of speaking freely. He explains why accountability matters in sports and politics, reflects on coaching at the highest levels, addresses campus anti-Semitism, and makes the case for courage, clarity, and responsibility in public life. 00:00 - Supreme Court arguments and the definition problem 03:30 - Why laws collapse without clear definitions 06:30 - The Alito moment and unintended consequences 09:18 - Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s “I don’t understand” problem 12:40 - Lawyers dunking on the bench 15:34 - Language games 19:58 - MAGATKO 23:02 - Why the mob never expects pushback 25:16 - Tim Walz audio and unforced errors 35:30 - Dem or Journo returns 45:24 - What the media used to brag about 46:01 - Coach Bruce Pearl joins the Progrum 55:32 - NIL, college sports, and leadership 01:03:09 - Speaking freely and paying the price Our Sponsors: ➢Go to https://zbiotics.com/RUTHLESS and use RUTHLESS at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. ➢We need to stand with President Trump in his fight against big insurance companies. Learn more: https://www.americansforopengovernment.com/ ➢Tell your lawmaker to put parents first. NetChoice is dedicated to making the Internet safe for free expression and free enterprise: http://netchoice.org/keepappstoressafe ➢Unleash American energy to be bigger and better than ever before, because when America builds, America wins. https://permittingreformnow.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Congratulations. The Supreme Court has now stepped up to provide the dumbest people in the world.
0:04.0	Yeah.
0:05.0	It's just incredible having someone in the Supreme Court who doesn't understand the most basic of things.
0:12.0	She's like, well, why it'd have to be ruled?
0:14.0	Six votes, yay. Two votes, nay. One vote I don't understand.
0:19.0	You can get to the highest echelon, the highest court in all
0:23.2	the land, and that's still just the basic question. For decades, the rising cost of health
0:30.7	insurance has been a contentious issue, one that affects every single American. Big health insurance
0:37.2	companies who have been paid trillions
0:39.0	in U.S. taxpayer money are raising health insurance prices historically high on Americans.
0:45.5	At the same time, it was reported that major health insurance companies were funneling
0:49.7	hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund Gavin Newsom's redistricting effort in California, designed to
0:56.2	undermine President Trump and congressional Republicans. Just the other day, President Trump announced
1:01.6	something historic. He's going to haul in the heads of the largest U.S. health insurance companies
1:06.7	with the goal of saving Americans money by lowering the outrageous price of health insurance.
1:12.4	The president has been crystal clear. Big insurance companies have been, quote, ripping off the
1:18.0	public for years. Now he's taking the bold step of holding those big insurance companies accountable.
1:25.2	It's about time, and we should all thank President Trump. Learn more at
1:29.9	Americans for Open Government.com. In America, parents call the shots for their families, not bureaucrats,
1:37.7	but the so-called App Store Accountability Act puts your child at risk. This bill requires app stores to collect children's sensitive personal data while taking
1:49.0	away power from parents over how their child's data is handled by tech companies.
1:54.0	Parents should get to decide if their child's age is shared with apps, not politicians.
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