Jackson did not say what, specifically, concerned her about the state of democracy, though she has recently written a series of scathing dissents.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said that she believes recent rulings by the Supreme Court’s conservative majority pose an “existential threat to the rule of law.”

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson told a group of lawyers and judges on Thursday that "the state of our democracy" is what keeps her up at night.