Chief Mollie Hemingway immediately pointed out how Jackson was benefiting from media bias, calling the post a puff piece. "It's very subtle, but if you pay very close attention, you can tell a slight difference between the way the Post treats justices it loves and those it falsely accuses of rape for political ends,

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