Posted on 06/28/2025 8:02:53 AM PDT by bitt
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc., released Friday, finally put the brakes on the reckless abuse of nationwide injunctions by lower courts—and has Democrats in full meltdown mode. The left’s favorite judicial weapon just got neutered, and the hypocrisy is impossible to ignore.
The liberal wing of the court didn’t do itself any favors, either. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent was so horrible that Justice Amy Coney Barrett felt compelled to call it out in the majority opinion.
But Justice Elena Kagan’s credibility also took a direct hit. In a stunning display of judicial flip-flopping, Kagan’s own words from 2022 have come back to haunt her, exposing the left’s all-too-familiar habit of changing the rules when it suits their political objectives.
Nationwide injunctions have been the left’s go-to tactic for derailing conservative policy at the stroke of a single judge’s pen. Under Trump, district judges from deep-blue enclaves repeatedly issued sweeping orders to block administration policies nationwide at an unprecedented pace, no matter how tenuous the legal grounds.
Despite all the apocalyptic rhetoric, there’s no doubt that the left’s current position on nationwide injunctions is purely political—and Justice Elena Kagan accidentally proved it.
How? Well, Justice Kagan, who dissented in this case, was singing a very different tune just a couple of years ago. Back in 2022, when President Biden was in the White House and conservatives were the ones seeking relief from his executive orders, Kagan was openly skeptical of nationwide injunctions.
“This can’t be right that one district judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks and leave it stuck for the years that it takes to go through a normal process,” she said.
That’s not some out-of-context paraphrase—it’s her own words, on the record.
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ACB didn’t just call it out, she wrote in the majority opinion that was signed by all the majority justices, that KBJ’s argument was so stupid it wasn’t worth discussing.
That’s a pretty serious slap in the face.
Jackson’s dissent read like something a layperson would write. Like something I would write. You know?
Amy really called out Justice Kunta Kinte:
"It's true, Prissy. You don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' no babies."
“I’ve evolved.” She’ll devolve when it’s convenient.
To progressives hypocrisy is an attribute.
When you have no standards, you have maximum flexibility.
They are unburdened by what has been.
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Unfortunately I predict this won’t bring an end to these ridiculous injunctions. The democrats will just switch to class action lawsuits and these activist judges will continue doing what they’ve been doing.
Kagan, Sootamayor and Kenji ae birds of a feather and all dumber than a sack of firecrackers.
Justice Elena Kagan figured the stupidity coming out of Jumanji Brown. Along with ACB slamming her, would allow Kagan to slink away with her own line of bs hypocrisy.
Well, gee.....it’s not as if hypocrisy isn’t the lifeblood of the left or anything. This comes as absolutely no surprise.
Back in 2022, when President Biden was in the White House and conservatives were the ones seeking relief from his executive orders, Kagan was openly skeptical of nationwide injunctions.“This can’t be right that one district judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks and leave it stuck for the years that it takes to go through a normal process,” she said.
Liberals constantly prove the theory that the only standard they have is double standards. Everything else is dependent upon the moment and how it advances their agenda.
“Jackson’s dissent read like something a layperson would write. Like something I would write. You know?”
It truly does. At one point she actually wrote “-—wait for it—” before making a point. It reads more like a series of tweets than it does a Supreme Court opinion.
“At the end of the day it’s might that makes right.”
Fortune favors the side with the heaviest artillery. Purity of motives is only incidental.
By golly you’re on to something here.
All of the Democrats are either ugly or crazy.
I’m not sure they have any solid beliefs. No firm un shifting foundation. It seems to be any port in a storm.
Betcha at times like this the democrats wish FDR had managed to pack the court as he originally planned to do, with more democrat justices.
” The democrats will just switch to class action lawsuits and these activist judges will continue doing what they’ve been doing”
Of course class action lawsuits can take years to resolve. Would filing one...says against a PDT executive order put a hold on that order immediately or only after a judgement in the lefts favor on the Class Action???
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