A fresh voice has emerged and is maturing on the U.S. Supreme Court. It amplifies dissents, and in doing so, injects common sense, while also lending a new layer of transparency to the court.

Embraced by some and rebuked by others, it is the voice of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. She was nominated by President Joe Biden in 2022 and confirmed that year, the first Black woman to ascend to the Supreme Court. She’ll be in Charleston to share thoughts on Sept. 2.

But her strong voice from the bench isn’t the only way Jackson has made a name for herself in recent months. A year ago, she published Lovely One , a much-anticipated memoir from Random House.

The memoir is disarmingly accessible and wholly compelling. In it, the justice charts her journey from cradle to confirmation in an approa

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