‘Amy Coney Barrett Committed Intellectual Murder on Ketanji Brown Jackson’: Clay Travis [WATCH]

The Supreme Court issued a significant 6-3 ruling rejecting Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s argument that federal courts should have the authority to compel the executive branch to follow judicial directives.

The majority opinion, authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, dismissed Jackson’s position as fundamentally incompatible with over two centuries of legal precedent and the Constitution.

The ruling has sparked strong reactions from legal commentators and media figures, including Jesse Watters and Clay Travis, who discussed the implications during a Fox News segment.

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Jesse Watters opened the discussion by highlighting the tone and content of Justice Jackson’s dissent.

“Oh, the claws were out at the Supreme Court today,” Watters said.

“The court ruled six to three that judges need to let the President do his job. But Ketanji Brown Jackson threw a temper tantrum writing quote, ‘It is not difficult to predict how this all ends. Eventually, executive power will become completely uncontainable, and our beloved Constitutional Republic will be no more.’”

Watters continued, quoting more from Jackson’s dissent.

“She goes on to say to the majority, the power hungry actors are—wait for it—the district courts. That’s not all. In her official remarks, she says courts must have the power to order everyone, including the executive, to follow the law. Full stop. Wait for it, full stop. She sounds like a sassy teenager, not a Supreme Court justice.”

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Justice Barrett responded forcefully in the majority opinion, offering a rare and pointed rebuke.

“We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself,” Barrett wrote. “We observe only this: Justice Jackson decries an imperial executive while embracing an imperial judiciary.”

Watters noted the gravity of the criticism.

“Biden gave birth to Justice Jackson, and we have to live with her for the rest of her life. And sources say everyone on the Supreme Court thinks she’s Joy Reid in a robe.”

Turning to Clay Travis, founder of OutKick, Watters asked about the significance of the majority’s treatment of Jackson’s dissent.

“It’s unprecedented,” Travis responded.

“And it’s particularly unprecedented because these judges have lifetime tenure, and they’re not that old in the grand scheme of things, so they may have to work together for the next 30 years. And basically, Amy Coney Barrett said, Ketanji Brown Jackson, you are a huge moron.”

Travis explained further: “Part of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s argument was that it required too much boring legalese to analyze the law, and it was a mind-numbingly technical query. Let me tell you something, Jesse—I practiced law for a few years. Yeah, that’s what being a lawyer is, all right. So if you’re a judge and you’re upset because there’s too much legalese and there’s too much mind-numbingly technical query, maybe find another job.”

Travis noted how rare Barrett’s critique was compared to how justices typically address dissents.

“She specifically—Amy Coney Barrett—writing for the majority, pulled out Sotomayor and Kagan and respected their analysis even if she disagreed with it… and then just utterly eviscerated Ketanji Brown Jackson. Basically asking, how in the world did you ever pass the bar? That was the tenor with which this opinion was written. I gotta say, Justice Scalia would have loved it.”

Watters added: “It’s like a boxer saying, ‘You know what, I don’t like hitting people or getting hit.’ I mean, you’re a boxer. That’s what you’re supposed to do for a living. And they have to live with each other, like you said. It’s like you move in with your roommate first year of college and you hate them the first day. How are they going to get along?”

Travis agreed, saying: “I don’t think they’re going to get along very well. And I think this is supremely important, because it hasn’t been talked about enough. Yes, this was a 6-3 decision, and it will apply to every president—Democrat, Republican, Independent—for the rest of our lives, and probably for hundreds of years going forward, which makes the histrionics from Ketanji Brown Jackson’s opinion all the more ridiculous.”

Travis concluded by crediting President Trump for the court’s composition.

“We have to thank President Trump. Charlie Kirk, I think, said this is the best week of Trump’s presidential life. I mean that. Iran, S&P 500 hits an all-time record, and the Supreme Court opinions—6-3—sounds like a big majority. Jesse, if Hillary Clinton had won in 2016, these cases would have been decided 5-4 or 6-3 the other way. It’s only by the grace of God and President Trump’s first term that we’re getting these results. Otherwise, crazy town would have taken over.”

Amy Coney Barrett committed intellectual murder on Kentanji Brown Jackson. I discussed with @JesseBWatters: pic.twitter.com/9adloy10LI

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 28, 2025

The ruling, which reasserts limits on judicial authority over executive power, is expected to have a lasting impact on future administrations.

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