{"id":2456455,"date":"2025-07-07T15:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T19:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-kagan-should-shut-down-lower-courts-judicial-coup\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T15:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T19:45:23","slug":"justice-kagan-should-shut-down-lower-courts-judicial-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-kagan-should-shut-down-lower-courts-judicial-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Kagan Should Shut Down Lower Courts&#8217; Judicial Coup"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjustice-kagan-should-shut-down-lower-courts-judicial-coup%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2456455&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a recent Supreme Court ruling regarding immigration policy, highlighting the tensions between lower court decisions and the authority of the Supreme Court. It particularly focuses on Associate Justice Elena Kagan, who, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >previously allowing lower court judges<\/a> to exert influence over the executive branch, has expressed concern about similar actions impacting the Supreme Court. The ruling involved a temporary stay on a district judge&#8217;s order that sought to block the Trump administration&#8217;s deportation policies. Kagan dissented on the stay but ultimately sided with her colleagues in clarifying the Supreme Court&#8217;s authority against lower court defiance.<\/p>\n<p>The piece criticizes Kagan for her past inaction, suggesting that her leniency towards lower court judicial overreach has contributed to a lack of respect for the Supreme Court. It argues that unless the Supreme Court decisively addresses the challenges posed by activist judges, the credibility of the judicial branch may be at risk. The article implies that maintaining a clear boundary between judicial authority and executive power is crucial for upholding the rule of law and the integrity of the system.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After allowing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-anyones-destroying-the-judiciarys-legitimacy-its-john-roberts\/\" title=\"If Anyone&#039;s Destroying The Judiciary&#039;s Legitimacy, It&#039;s John Roberts\">rogue lower court judges<\/a> to usurp the power of the executive branch for months on end, Associate Justice Elena Kagan suddenly has a problem with the overreach now that the same thing is happening to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Obama appointee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/24pdf\/24a1153_2co3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">joined<\/a> her Republican-appointed colleagues in clarifying a June 23 order from the high court that granted temporary relief to the Trump administration. In its 6-3 ruling &mdash; in which Kagan dissented &mdash; the court <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/24\/scotus-agrees-trump-admin-can-carry-out-third-country-deportations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">placed<\/a> a temporary stay on an injunction by a Massachusetts-based district judge attempting to block the administration&rsquo;s deportation of illegal aliens to so-called &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court-rules-trumps-third-country-deportations-south-sudan-other\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">third countries<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In an act of rebellion, District Judge Brian Murphy issued a separate order hours after SCOTUS&rsquo;s ruling that effectively <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/24\/rogue-federal-judge-openly-defies-supreme-court-ruling-on-deportation-of-violent-criminal-illegals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> that his initial block on the federal government&rsquo;s policy remained in effect. Referring to Murphy&rsquo;s decision as a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/trump-administration-accuses-judge-defying-supreme-court-deportation-fight-2025-06-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawless act of defiance<\/a>,&rdquo; the Trump administration filed a motion with the high court to &ldquo;clarify&rdquo; its June 23 order.<\/p>\n<p>While disagreeing with the court&rsquo;s initial granting of the administration&rsquo;s request for a stay on Murphy&rsquo;s order, Kagan sided with her Republican-appointed colleagues in shutting down the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-battles-forum-shopping-amid-liberal-lawsuit-surge-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... battles \u2018forum shopping\u2019 amid liberal lawsuit surge - Washington Examiner\">lower court judge&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s attempt to sidestep the high court.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I voted to deny the Government&rsquo;s previous stay application in this case, and I continue to believe that this Court should not have stayed the District Court&rsquo;s April 18 order enjoining the Government from deporting non-citizens to third countries without notice or a meaningful opportunity to be heard,&rdquo; Kagan wrote in a concurring opinion. &ldquo;But a majority of this Court saw things differently, and I do not see how a district court can compel compliance with an order that this Court has stayed. Because continued enforcement of the District Court&rsquo;s May 21, 2025 order would do just that, I vote to grant the Government&rsquo;s motion for clarification.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson would not have granted the administration&rsquo;s motion for clarification. <\/p>\n<p>While it&rsquo;s nice to see Kagan recognize the egregiousness of Murphy&rsquo;s behavior, the district judge&rsquo;s outlandish edict was only made possible by her unwillingness to shut down such antics.<\/p>\n<p>Since President Trump&rsquo;s return to office, rogue lower court judges have issued overreaching universal injunctions and restraining orders to block the enforcement of his policies. In effect, this judicial coup has sought to stymie the will of the 77 million Americans who voted for the president during last year&rsquo;s election.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, despite previously <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2025\/06\/29\/justice-kagan-on-univeral-injunctions-in-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criticizing<\/a> lower courts&rsquo; use of nationwide injunctions when Joe Biden was president, Kagan declined to side with the high court&rsquo;s majority in <em>Trump v. CASA<\/em> late last month to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/27\/supreme-court-nukes-nationwide-injunctions-against-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nullify<\/a> such overreaching orders. (As <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/03\/judge-blocks-another-trump-order-proving-alito-was-right-about-loopholes-in-scotus-injunction-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> by Associate Justice Samuel Alito and further demonstrated since the court&rsquo;s decision, however, the majority&rsquo;s opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/07\/scotus-ruling-against-universal-injunctions-didnt-go-far-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">didn&rsquo;t go far enough<\/a> in fully stopping leftists&rsquo; judicial coup.)<\/p>\n<p>Like a parent who allows his or her child&rsquo;s disruptive behavior to go unpunished, Kagan&rsquo;s refusal to forcefully shut down the tyrannical actions of the lower judiciary has emboldened rogue judges like Murphy to try and sidestep the Supreme Court. It&rsquo;s not only contributed to these bad actors&rsquo; clear disrespect for the high court, but for separation of powers writ large.<\/p>\n<p>If Kagan and her colleagues have any interest in maintaining SCOTUS&rsquo;s respectability among the lower judiciary, they need to put the definitive kibosh on these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-is-legitimizing-leftists-judicial-coup\/\" title=\"... Is Legitimizing Leftists&#039; Judicial Coup\">rogue judges&#038;rsquo<\/a>; overreaching shenanigans. Otherwise, the antics of activist jurists like Murphy will become the norm, and the credibility of the judicial branch will suffer. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kagan now opposes judicial overreach affecting the Supreme Court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2456456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Elena-Kagan.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[52623,58576,56629,32275],"class_list":["post-2456455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-judicial-coup","tag-justice-kagan","tag-lower-courts","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Elena-Kagan.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456455"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456459,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456455\/revisions\/2456459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}