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BumRushDaShow

(158,599 posts)
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 03:11 AM Jul 25

Justice Elena Kagan urges judges not to be intimidated by increase in threats

Source: NBC News

July 24, 2025, 3:32 PM EDT


Liberal Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday expressed alarm at the increase in threats against the judiciary but said judges should not be intimidated, urging them to focus on their jobs as arbiters of the rule of law.

Speaking to an audience of judges and lawyers at a conference in Monterey, California, Kagan acknowledged that judges are frequent targets of harsh criticism, but said they should not be "aggravated or maddened" by it. "The response to perceived lawlessness of any kind is law," she added.

President Donald Trump and his allies have been particularly vocal in criticizing judges who have blocked his policies on a wide range of issues since he took office in January. Trump's demand that a federal judge be impeached for ruling against the administration prompted a rare rebuke from Chief Justice John Roberts.

The judiciary has reported a spike in threats against judges and expressed concerns about whether they are sufficiently protected.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/justice-elena-kagan-urges-judges-not-intimidated-increase-threats-rcna220884

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Justice Elena Kagan urges judges not to be intimidated by increase in threats (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 25 OP
She's, "liberal," because she listens to facts and makes fair decisions, Bayard Jul 25 #1
They and their remaining authority & sway over governments' police powers may be a last bulwark against tyranny. snot Jul 25 #2

Bayard

(26,577 posts)
1. She's, "liberal," because she listens to facts and makes fair decisions,
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:12 AM
Jul 25

Instead of rubber stamping trump's wants.

snot

(11,279 posts)
2. They and their remaining authority & sway over governments' police powers may be a last bulwark against tyranny.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 12:09 PM
Jul 25

That authority/sway is an example of "use it or lose it," as the chief executive and other oligarchs fill more and more of our once-democratic institutions with their own lackeys.

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