The shells are often viewed as currency. However, they hold a deeper meaning, especially when worn during the inaugural ceremonies of President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump’s inauguration was a spectacle that went beyond politics. People across the world scrolled through their feeds to see how Washington’s most elite turned up — and by that, we mean what they wore.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore cowrie shells to Trump's inauguration, but is there any significance to those shells beyond their aesthetics.

While Justice Jackson has yet to explain the exact meaning of her Inauguration collar, the cowrie shell’s multiple meanings point to a sartorial expression of her dissent.

If you have to be somewhere you don’t want to be — like, say, the inauguration of Donald Trump — you may as well make it known you’re not down with the program. At least, that’s what it seems Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson did.

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The Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will be the featured guest at two public events hosted by the District Court of the Virgin Islands. Registration is now open for each event. Please visit the District Court’s website at https://www.vid.uscourts.gov to register for your

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes waves at the 2025 presidential inauguration, with a nod to her heritage.