Justice Kagan says Supreme Court is not a ‘puppet’ for Trump administration
The high court currently has a 6-3 conservative majority, and Kagan is a part of the liberal minority, something she acknowledged in her remarks while also pushing back on accusations that the Supreme Court carries out Trump’s will. Recommended Stories Supreme Court urged to strike down federal distilling prohibition Almost half the country says Supreme Court obeys political agendas: Poll ‘Assault weapons’ bans are on their way to the Supreme Court “Is this court very conservative? Does it do a bunch of things that are out of the playbook of the conservative legal movement that I think are deeply wrong?
- ▪The high court currently has a 6-3 conservative majority, and Kagan is a part of the liberal minority, something she acknowledged in her remarks while also pushing back on accusations that the Supreme Court carries out Trump’s will.
- ▪Recommended Stories Supreme Court urged to strike down federal distilling prohibition Almost half the country says Supreme Court obeys political agendas: Poll ‘Assault weapons’ bans are on their way to the Supreme Court “Is this court very
- ▪Does it do a bunch of things that are out of the playbook of the conservative legal movement that I think are deeply wrong?
5 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 15 hours. Coverage spans 3 points on the political spectrum — 2 lean left, 1 centre, 1 lean right.
- ▪ Kagan Says Supreme Court Has Stood Up to Trump in Key Cases — NYT — US
- ▪ Justice Elena Kagan decries idea that US supreme court ‘rubber-stamps’ Trump’s agenda — The Guardian — World
- ▪ Kagan says Supreme Court is not a ‘rubber stamp’ for Trump — The Hill
- ▪ Justice Kagan Rejects Charge that Supreme Court Is "Rubber Stamp" for Trump Administration — Reason Magazine
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Justice Elena Kagan pushed back this week on criticism of the Supreme Court for ruling in favor of the Trump administration, citing the multiple instances in which the majority on the high court pushed back on President Donald Trump in several high-profile cases last term.Kagan, who was appointed to the high court in 2010 by then-President Barack Obama, spoke to the judicial conference for the Ninth Circuit, the judicial circuit she is assigned to oversee, on Thursday evening, roughly a month after concluding a Supreme Court term dominated by several Trump cases.
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