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Justice Elena Kagan emphasized the importance of respecting court orders amid conflicts with the Trump administration, criticizing the Supreme Court's handling of emergency cases for lack of transparency and expressing frustration over ideological disagreements within the court.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan criticized her conservative colleagues for issuing nearly a dozen recent emergency rulings without thorough hearings or explanations, emphasizing the importance of transparency and standards in judicial decision-making, especially in politically sensitive cases involving the Trump administration.
Justice Elena Kagan highlighted concerns over increasing threats against judges but urged them to remain focused on their judicial duties and uphold the rule of law, criticizing the rise in criticism and the Supreme Court's handling of emergency cases without full explanations.
Justice Elena Kagan has been siding with conservative justices in recent Supreme Court decisions, revealing a subtle rift among liberals. Her votes appear strategic, possibly aimed at fostering future alliances or influencing court dynamics, despite disagreements with her conservative colleagues on key issues like vaping regulations, climate standards, and disability rights.
The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Alexander v. NAACP has significantly weakened protections against racial gerrymandering, with Justice Samuel Alito's opinion dismissing lower court findings of racial intent by the South Carolina Legislature. Justice Elena Kagan's dissent criticizes Alito for overturning established precedent and undermining the equal protection clause, highlighting the deepening rift between the justices.
In the Muldrow v. St. Louis case, the Supreme Court delivered a significant victory for civil rights by unanimously siding with Jatonya Muldrow, a police officer who argued she was discriminated against on the basis of sex when she was transferred to a less active job. Justice Elena Kagan wrote a strong opinion, maintaining the harm requirement for Title VII claims, which prevented the case from being used to attack diversity initiatives and DEI training. The decision narrowly avoided the risk of being used to combat workplace diversity and secured a meaningful victory for the left, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh being the only dissenting voice.
Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor traded jabs in a copyright case involving Andy Warhol and Prince. Kagan took issue with Sotomayor's majority opinion and suggested readers trust their "good judgment" rather than Sotomayor's "fistfuls of comeback footnotes." Kagan and Chief Justice John Roberts were the only justices who didn't rule in favor of music photographer Lynn Goldsmith's claim that the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts improperly licensed a work by the famous pop artist which used a photograph of the late musician Prince taken by Goldsmith.