Kagan Says Supreme Court Has Stood Up to Trump in Key Cases
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At an annual meeting of judges and lawyers, the liberal justice defended her conservative colleagues from criticism that they have rubber-stamped President Trump’s agenda.
Listen · 5:09 min Share full article Justice Elena Kagan testified alongside Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill earlier this month to request more money for security for the justices. Credit... Kenny Holston/The New York Times By Abbie VanSickle
“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.
“Is this court very conservative?” she continued. “Does it do a bunch of things that are out of the playbook of the conservative legal movement that I think are deeply wrong? Yes.”
“But,” she added, “is this court kind of a puppet for the current administration? I think definitely not.”
Justice Kagan made the comments as she answered questions posed by an appeals court judge and a lawyer in front of dozens of attendees who work in the nine-state Western region served by the circuit.
Polls have shown declining trust in the institution, and a number of the justices have used recent public appearances to try to defuse the notion that they have become political actors.
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