Tag: Elena Kagan

Supreme Court Justice Kagan Temporarily Blocks Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena for Phone Records of Arizona GOP Chair

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has temporarily blocked the Jan. 6 Committee’s subpoena seeking phone records belonging to Arizona Republican Party chairwoman Kelly Ward, while the high court considers her emergency appeal. The Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena had asked Ward’s phone carrier, T-Mobile, to produce call and text message records from November 2020 to January 2021. Kagan’s decision on Wednesday…


Dershowitz: Kagan Questioning Supreme Court’s Legitimacy Hurts the Court

The repeated criticism of fellow justices by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is hurting the nation’s top court, according to Alan Dershowitz, a professor of law emeritus at the Harvard Law School. Kagan has thrice in recent weeks criticized her colleagues, taking aim at justices appointed by former President Donald Trump after the court overturned…


Dershowitz: Justices Commenting on Supreme Court’s Legitimacy Hurts the Court

The comments by justices in recent weeks on the Supreme Court’s legitimacy are hurting the nation’s top court, according to Alan Dershowitz, a professor of law emeritus at the Harvard Law School. Justice Elena Kagan has thrice in recent weeks criticized her colleagues, taking aim at justices appointed by former President Donald Trump after the…


Justice Alito: Questioning Legitimacy of SCOTUS ‘Crosses an Important Line’

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has weighed in to defend the recent rulings from the conservative majority, saying that those questioning the high court’s legitimacy have “crossed an important line.” Alito, who penned the majority opinion that essentially sent the question of abortion access back to individual states, was asked by the Wall Street…


Justice Kagan: ‘Dangerous’ If Supreme Court Loses Public Confidence

Associate Justice Elena Kagan is warning against the Supreme Court not taking heed of the public after the court struck down Roe v. Wade. Speaking in public on July 21 for the first time since the court’s momentous ruling in June, Kagan stressed the importance of the justices staying in their proper roles as judges…