How many words did each Justice on the Supreme Court speak during its previous term?There isn’t a single official Supreme Court release that neatly totals how many words each justice spoke over an entire term, but empirical researchers (especially Empirical SCOTUS) do track this—and for the most recent fully analyzed terms, we have pretty solid estimates and rankings.Most recent term with detailed counts (approximate totals)For the 2024–2025 term (most recent analyzed in public datasets), the justices’ oral-argument word counts were approximately:Ketanji Brown Jackson — ~79,000 words Sonia Sotomayor — ~55,000–60,000 Elena Kagan — ~50,000–55,000 Neil Gorsuch — ~45,000–50,000 Brett Kavanaugh...