Justice Kagan Understands The Conservative Legal Movement
Justice Kagan Understands The Conservative Legal Movement For the Court's conservatives, there is a "playbook" that has nothing to do with Trump. Josh Blackman | 7.27.2026 5:48 PM Two weeks ago, Justices Kagan and Barrett admirably defended the Supreme Court before the House and Senate. "I think that is a bad rap," Justice Elena Kagan said during an appearance in Washington State, at an annual gathering of judges and lawyers who work in the judiciary's Ninth Circuit.
- ▪Justice Kagan Understands The Conservative Legal Movement For the Court's conservatives, there is a "playbook" that has nothing to do with Trump.
- ▪Josh Blackman | 7.27.2026 5:48 PM Two weeks ago, Justices Kagan and Barrett admirably defended the Supreme Court before the House and Senate.
- ▪"I think that is a bad rap," Justice Elena Kagan said during an appearance in Washington State, at an annual gathering of judges and lawyers who work in the judiciary's Ninth Circuit.
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Justice Kagan Understands The Conservative Legal Movement For the Court's conservatives, there is a "playbook" that has nothing to do with Trump. Josh Blackman | 7.27.2026 5:48 PM Two weeks ago, Justices Kagan and Barrett admirably defended the Supreme Court before the House and Senate. Last week, in remarks before the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Justice Kagan offered a sophisticated analysis to explain what it means to have a conservative Supreme Court: One of the Supreme Court's three liberal justices defended her conservative colleagues on Thursday, insisting the court has not been too deferential to President Trump.
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