On Monday, Jan. 20, Justice Brown, appointed to the Supreme Court in 2022 by President Joe Biden, wore a large cowrie shell necklace over her robes at the Capitol Rotunda. Many online flagged the fashion choice as reminiscent of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s famous dissent collars.
The trailblazing judge was only the second woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court. She and Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, “thought it would be appropriate if we included as part of our robe something typical of a woman,” she told The Washington Post in 2009, noting that the male justices’ shirt collars and ties were visible when wearing their robes.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is wearing a collar that looks similar to the ones the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg would wear when she would usually dissent. pic.twitter.com/WpcwtA4m1h
— Cristina Corujo (@cristina_corujo) January 20, 2025A third agreed, commenting, “Ketanji Brown Jackson channels RBG today and I'm here for it!” while another chimed in to say, “Thank you Ketanji Brown Jackson for your nod to Ruth Bader Ginsburg - who would be horrified of what has happened to SCOTUS.”
Justice Jackson's cowrie shell collar is making a statement. I don't know for sure, but given the shell is full of significance in African spirituality - seen as bringing good fortune and warding off negative energy - gotta suspect there was some conscious choice here pic.twitter.com/LstaK3KimF
— Simone Sebastian (@SimonesNews) January 20, 2025Not all comments were positive, with some people tweeting that they didn’t feel the necklace was appropriate. “I actually really like Justice Jackson's necklace from afar... but puka shells??? At a formal ceremony???,” asked one tweet.
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