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Justice Elena Kagan decries idea that US supreme court ‘rubber-stamps’ Trump’s agenda

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US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has pushed back against accusations that the high court acts as a rubber stamp for Donald Trump's agenda during his second term. Speaking out against the notion that the court simply does whatever the administration desires, Kagan defended the institution's independence.

To support her position, the liberal justice pointed to the court's recent ruling on tariffs and other decisions as evidence that the judiciary exercises independent judgment rather than bowing to executive pressure.

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