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ShazzieB

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8. Kagan is brilliant.

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 04:50 PM

Jun 25

She's written some amazing dissents. As much as I hate that it's been necessary for her (and Sotomayor and Jackson) to do that, I derive a tiny bit of comfort from the knowledge that that these incisive and sharply worded dissents are now part of the permanent record, to be read by every scholar who studies those cases and every future Supreme Court justice who is called on to rule on a related case in the future.

I also take pleasure in imaging how certain other members of the Roberts Court (no need to name names!) will be eviscerated in the writings of future legal scholars.

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Kagan on the record: Scathing dissent unravels Supreme Court claim Trump wasn't racial using his own remarks [View all] cbabe Jun 25 OP

She read her dissent in open court, which is very uncommon hookaleft Jun 25 #1

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though Alito making nasty comments in general is common... themaguffin Jun 26 #23

;-{) THIS Goonch Jun 25 #2

Accurate depiction of these evil MFers! kimbutgar Jun 25 #13

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DAMN !!! She is On Fire !!! Good for her. dave99 Jun 25 #3

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Well done, Justice Kagan! 3catwoman3 Jun 25 #6

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Kagan is brilliant. ShazzieB Jun 25 #8

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I'm sure the three liberal justices are fed up with the blatant abuse of power by the Roberts cabal. Lonestarblue Jun 25 #10

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This ruling today has made me so depressed kimbutgar Jun 25 #12

Sooo THIS.... electric_blue68 Jun 26 #16

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