Supreme Court Judge Elena Kagan once opposed the practice of district judges issuing national injunctions before monitoring alongside two other liberal justices in the court against Friday’s ruling.
The 65-year-old judge in his use of the 2022 procedure: Interview At Northwestern Law School. She co-signed Judge Sonia Sotomayor Opposition Alongside Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the opinion of the court blocking a nationwide injunction against President Donald Trump’s birthright executive order in a 6-3 decision.
Speaking to Northwestern Law Dean Hari Osofsky, Kagan said, “It’s not right that one district judge can suspend national policies on that track and end the year that is necessary to go through the normal process.” Justice attacked both national injunctions and “forum shopping.” The litigants sued only the states and judges who support them against the federal government, saying there was “no political tendencies.” (Related: Supreme Court terminates abuse of power for unelected district court judges)
“You see something like that and I don’t think that’s the right thing to do. In the Trump era, people once went to the northern part of California, and in the Biden era, they went to Texas,” Kagan said in the conversation.
The Supreme Court held that the lower court exceeded its authority to use a nationwide bloc that restricts birthright citizenship over President Donald Trump’s January executive order.
An opponent, written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, said the rule of law was “a lesson in our democracy,” and Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship “had a “silly ock ha ha” of our constitution.”
The administration is now “trying to “speechly submit” to end the birthright citizenship created for the baby slaves.
Breading Speed: President Trump has released a list of policies blocked by a “national injunction,” but thanks to Scotus, it can go ahead.
– End of birthright citizenship
– Ending funds for the Sanctuary City
– Refugees will temporarily suspend resettlement
– Freeze unnecessary federations… pic.twitter.com/wfzpzxlthw– Eric Dorgerty (@ericdaugh) June 27, 2025
Many Democrats have opposed national injunctions in the past. especially House majority leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and American lawyer and district judge Matthew Kakusmalik Domination It supports the ban on the sale of mifepristone, a dangerous drug that is said to be used in abortion drugs.
Multiple decisions by the Supreme Court This term was split along 6-3 lines. These include a decision to support the Tennessee ban on minor sexual change procedures and a decision on Friday to allow parents to opt out of their children from school LGBTQ+ storybook lessons.
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