WASHINGTON—In the hours after studying she had been chosen as the primary black lady to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson reportedly weighed making historical past towards the soul-crushing considered spending time with these folks. “Of course, sitting on the very best courtroom within the land can be a tremendously significant place for somebody like me to carry, however then once more, it simply kills me inside—completely kills me—to think about spending any time in any respect with these folks,” Jackson mentioned on Friday, furrowing her forehead as she thought-about the symbolic affect of her elevation to the Supreme Court alongside the sheer deadening thought of seeing Neil Gorsuch’s silly fucking face each day for the higher a part of the following half century. “Obviously, I must take each issue into consideration right here. It can be an inspiration for numerous younger Americans to see me on the courtroom, and I’m positive I might go down within the historical past books due to that. Then once more, [Elena] Kagan’s chipper little grin is so goddamn annoying. And there’s a gymnasium within the constructing, so I’d should think about we’re going to work out collectively? Jesus, I’m by no means going to have the ability to escape them. And I’m younger, so we’re speaking, like, 4 many years of listening to those pricks act like we’re buddies? Seriously, if [Samuel] Alito needs to create a kind of little buddy-buddy issues the place we go to the opera collectively and change letters, I’m simply going to blow my brains out. Christ, what do I do right here?” At press time, a visibly petrified Jackson had reportedly realized she was in too deep and there was no turning again after she had acquired a congratulatory cellphone name from Justice Brett Kavanaugh.