The Supreme Court heard two of the biggest cases of the term this week.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson showed exactly why conservatives opposed her nomination.
And Ketanji Brown Jackson asked Idaho Lawyer this question that left conservatives shaking their heads.
Supreme Court transgender sports case exposes Jackson's confusion on Title IX
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on whether Idaho and West Virginia can ban biological males from competing in girls' sports.
Two cases — Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. — challenged state laws protecting female athletes from unfair competition.
But Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson spent the entire hearing acting like basic biology was some unsolvable mystery.
Idaho Solicitor General Alan Hurst explained his state's Fairness in Women's Sports Act was based on sex, not "transgender status."
Jackson wasn't having it.
"I guess I'm struggling to understand how you can say that this law doesn't classify on the basis of transgender status," Jackson said. "The law expressly aims to ensure that transgender women can't play on women's sports teams. So why is that not a classification on the basis of transgender status?"
Hurst responded that Idaho wanted to "keep women's sports women-only and exclude males from women's sports."
But Jackson kept pressing, asking if the law "treats transgender women different than ciswomen."
This is the same justice who famously refused to define "woman" during her 2022 confirmation hearing, telling Senator Marsha Blackburn she wasn't "a biologist."
Now she's sitting on the Supreme Court deciding cases about women's sports.
The viral "cisginger" moment that proved Jackson isn't a biologist
Jackson's confusion reached peak absurdity when she tried explaining the difference between biological girls and boys who identify as girls.
"You have the overarching classification, you know, everybody has to be, um, uh, play on the team that is the same as their sex at birth, um, but then you have a gender identity definition that is operating within that," Jackson stumbled through.
Then came the moment that had social media exploding.
"For cisginger girls they can play consistent with their gender identity, for transgender girls, they can't," Jackson said.
Wait — "cisginger"?
Conservative commentators had a field day.
"CisGINGER? Ketanji Brown Jackson is the dumbest person to ever serve on the Supreme Court," The Chris Plante Show posted on X.
Jackson meant to say "cisgender" — the term leftists invented to describe people who aren't confused about their biological sex.
Instead she created an entirely new word that sounds like it came from a South Park episode.
And conservatives immediately started mocking her for it because South Park actually did use the term "transginger" years ago to satirize this exact kind of woke nonsense.
DEI Justice stumbles through women's sports arguments with Kamala-style word salads
But the "cisginger" gaffe wasn't even Jackson's worst moment.
She also delivered multiple incoherent rambling statements that rival Vice President Kamala Harris's infamous word salads.
"To the extent that you have an individual who says, 'What is happening in this law is that it is treating someone who is transgender, but who does not have, because of the medical interventions and the things that have been done, who does not have, uh, the same, uh, threat to physical competition and safety and all of the reasons that the state puts forward, that's actually a different class,' says this individual," Jackson rambled.
That's one sentence.
West Virginia Solicitor General Michael Williams somehow maintained his composure while Jackson stumbled through these bizarre hypotheticals.
RedState pointed out Jackson talks more than any other justice on the Court — far more.
She uttered 75,535 words in a single term, dwarfing her colleagues.
Mark Twain once said "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
Jackson apparently never learned that lesson.
She talks constantly but rarely says anything coherent, especially when biology is involved.
Conservative justices signaled they'll uphold the state bans protecting women's sports.
Chief Justice John Roberts made it clear the 2020 Bostock decision protecting transgender employees doesn't apply to athletics.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh noted that allowing biological males to compete against girls harms actual female athletes who get pushed off teams and podiums.
Jackson and the Court's two other liberal justices — Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — tried crafting arguments for carve-outs and exceptions.
But biology doesn't care about feelings or "gender identity."
Males have inherent physical advantages over females — bigger hearts and lungs, greater bone density, more muscle mass.
That's why 27 states passed laws keeping biological males out of girls' sports.
Riley Gaines, the former NCAA swimmer who tied with biological male Lia Thomas, watched Jackson's performance closely.
Gaines called Jackson "a very intelligent woman" but said her refusal to define "woman" was "just about the stupidest thing I've ever heard."
Jackson proved Gaines right during Tuesday's oral arguments.
Yet she's sitting on the Supreme Court deciding cases that will shape American law for generations.
That's what happens when Presidents prioritize diversity checkboxes over qualifications.
Sources:
- Ashley Oliver, "Justice Jackson presses Idaho lawyer on treating 'transgender women different than cis women'," Fox News, January 14, 2026.
- Cullen Linebarger, "Social Media Erupts After Hearing Justice Brown Jackson Invent This Wacky New Word to Describe Actual Girls," The Gateway Pundit, January 14, 2026.
- Matt Margolis, "As Expected, Justice Jackson Humiliated Herself During Today's Oral Arguments," PJ Media, January 13, 2026.
- Bonchie, "The Absolute Absurdity of Ketanji Brown Jackson," RedState, January 14, 2026.
- Nick Arama, "KBJ Comes Up With a New Word in SCOTUS Trans Athletes Case," RedState, January 13, 2026.
- "Supreme Court appears poised to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in female sports," WTOV9, January 13, 2026.
