A diverse federal judiciary helps instill public confidence in the rule of law, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said, as federal courts face an historic test of their authority and as a new presidential administration rolls back diversity efforts in government.

Earlier, the chief justice temporarily let the Trump administration avoid paying out congressionally appropriated funds for now.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said on Thursday she would support revisiting sentencing guidelines for white collar crime because the current framework leads to uneven punishments. The amount of money involved has more sway than the level of culpability,