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Why is the Supreme Court siding with Trump? Elena Kagan says the majority should explain.
Trump has racked up a nearly unbroken string of Supreme Court wins on emergency appeals. Justice Kagan said the court should ...
Justice Kagan Urges Supreme Court to Explain Itself in Emergency Decisions
In remarks before judges and lawyers in California, the justice said she believed the court had a responsibility to share its ...
Supreme Court Justice Kagan says independence of judges is under threat
Justice Elena Kagan, the second-longest-serving liberal on the Supreme Court, decried threats to judges, vitriolic reactions ...
Appeals court reinforces birthright citizenship nationwide injunction despite Supreme Court restrictions
An appeals court on Wednesday enforced a nationwide birthright citizenship injunction despite a recent Supreme Court ruling ...
US appeals court blocks Trump's order curtailing birthright citizenship
A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order curtailing automatic birthright ...
Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Is Unconstitutional, Says the First Appeals Court to Consider the Issue
The judgment is not surprising, since the president's reading of the 14th Amendment is contradicted by its text and history, ...
Could the Supreme Court revisit marriage equality? New appeal offers chance
Kim Davis asked the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges in an appeal of damages owed to a gay couple after denying ...
US Supreme Court lets Trump remove consumer product safety commissioners
The U.S. Supreme Court let Republican President Donald Trump on Wednesday remove three Democratic members of the government's ...