Monday, June 30, 2025

Or, maybe politicized??!!-----Justice Kagan’s Hypocrisy on Universal Injunctions

She denounced them when Biden was in office but is for them now that Trump is President. - David Catron
Indeed, Kagan has been particularly trenchant on this subject. 
  • During a 2022 seminar at Northwestern University’s School of Law, for example, Kagan succinctly explained her view on the issue: “It just can’t be right that one district judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks and leave it stopped for the years that it takes to go through the normal process.” 
  • Friday’s ruling, authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, validated Kagan’s position: “These injunctions, known as ‘universal injunctions,’ likely exceed the equitable authority that Congress has granted to federal courts.” 
  • Yet Justice Kagan inexplicably refused to join the Court’s majority in a ruling that reiterates her frequent public statements about this very issue...

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