'The irony': Ketanji Brown Jackson roasted after stressing impartiality on Michelle Obama's podcast

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is being mocked online over the "irony" of saying she is "very, very mindful and scrupulous" about being impartial during a guest appearance on former first lady Michelle Obama’s podcast, "IMO."

During an appearance of more than an hour on the podcast, Jackson, a Biden appointee to the Supreme Court, stressed the importance of being unbiased, saying, "You really have to be focused on that."

"There are lots of limits on what judges can do, and I try to be very, very mindful and scrupulous with respect to that because, as you say, our obligation is to be unbiased in our approach," said Jackson. 

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"And, so, you have to then navigate all the sources that could make for an appearance of partiality, which you want to avoid."

She added that "there are lots of things that I end up not accepting for that reason."

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, left, recently appeared on a podcast episode hosted by former first lady Michelle Obama, right. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy; Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images)

The former first lady asked Jackson about the practices she follows to remain unbiased.

"You also have to watch your exposure to things, so that there isn’t a bias," said Obama. "What does that mean for you in terms of reading the paper and listening to the news? And how do get your information and what do you have to be careful about? And how are you dealing with the potential conflicts so that you do stay above board?"

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Jackson said there are employees in the court whose job is to be "assisting us in that way."

"When I get invitations to do things, I always have them screened by the legal office, the public information office, just to make sure that there are no ethical conflicts, that this is not a fundraiser, you know," she told Obama.

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Michelle Obama speaks at "IMO Live: Michelle Obama, Craig Robinson & Dr. Laurie Santos" during the SXSW Conference and Festivals at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, March 13, 2025. (Andy Wenstrand/SXSW Conference & Festivals)

Reactions poured in quickly.

"Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown discusses the importance of being neutral while she is sitting on Michelle Obama’s podcast set!" Turning Point USA contributor John Amanchukwu wrote. 

"She doesn’t really expect anyone to believe that, does she?" conservative influencer Patricia Foster wrote.

"Make it make sense," commentator DeVory Darkins wrote.

"Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson can't be real. She says it is important to be neutral as a Supreme Court justice........while she is literally on MAJOR leftist Michelle Obama's podcast," Darkins wrote. "We ALL know how impartial she is."

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on the cover of Essence Magazine. (Essence Magazine)

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Harris Rigby, a columnist for the Babylon Bee's non-satirical site "Not the Bee," wrote, "There isn't a strong enough word for the irony in this video clip."

He ripped Jackson as "the most public, loud-mouthed, self-assured judge in the history of the United States," adding that she now "wants to lecture us about the dignity of the courts."

Fox News Digital reached out to Obama and the Supreme Court for comment.