Overview

• Kagan highlighted a surge in threats against federal judges and urged them to remain undeterred in their duties
• She warned that government officials who disregard judicial orders risk undermining the rule of law
• Kagan criticized the Supreme Court’s growing use of its emergency docket to issue rulings without full briefing or public explanation
• She delivered the remarks at the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in Monterey, California, to a gathering of judges and lawyers
• Her remarks come after Chief Justice Roberts rebuked President Trump’s push to impeach a judge and a whistleblower complaint alleged that top Justice Department officials instructed staff to ignore court orders