Liberal Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court is not a rubber stamp for Trump
Summary
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said the Court does not just approve whatever President Donald Trump wants. She noted that while the Court has ruled in favor of Trump in many cases, it has also rejected some of his major policies.Key Facts
- Justice Elena Kagan spoke at a panel in Bellevue, Washington, about the Supreme Court’s independence.
- The Court has been mostly supportive of President Trump’s policies but has ruled against some key issues like tariffs and birthright citizenship changes.
- Kagan acknowledged the Court is very conservative and sometimes sided with conservative legal ideas.
- She said the Court is not a "puppet" controlled by President Trump.
- Public trust in the Supreme Court has been low in recent years.
- President Trump has criticized justices when they ruled against him.
- Chief Justice John Roberts has said the Court is not political, calling that idea a misunderstanding.
- Kagan supports a committee to enforce the Court’s ethics code, which was adopted in 2023 after criticism about justices’ undisclosed trips and gifts.
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