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Sen. John Kennedy Slams Liberal Supreme Court Justices After Ruling Ends Universal Injunctions
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) is earning applause from conservatives after delivering a sharp rebuke of liberal Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, following a 6–3 ruling that effectively ended the use of universal injunctions by federal judges.
Appearing on Fox News’ Faulkner Focus, Kennedy praised the ruling as a long-overdue correction to judicial overreach and took direct aim at the liberal wing of the Supreme Court—particularly Justice Jackson, who authored a fiery dissent.
“The Supreme Court has turned the universal injunctions into fish food, as well it should have,” Kennedy said. “There’s no basis in statute. There’s no basis in Supreme Court precedent. There is no basis in English common law for universal injunctions.”
The ruling has been seen as a major victory for former President Donald Trump, whose executive actions were repeatedly blocked during his first term through nationwide injunctions issued by lower federal courts. The decision could now limit the ability of federal judges to block presidential orders on a national scale based solely on one case.
Kennedy made it clear he believed Justice Jackson’s reaction—shared by Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor in dissent—was a sign that the Court had made the right decision.
“You can tell it from Justice Jackson’s dissent,” Kennedy said. “She’s mad as a bag of cats, and that’s probably a good thing for the American people.”
The Louisiana senator didn’t stop there. He accused the liberal justices of using emotional arguments to push political agendas rather than sticking to the Constitution.
“Anybody who knows a law book from an L.L. Bean catalog knows that federal judges just made up this concept of universal injunctions,” Kennedy said. “If they disagree, I’m sorry. Fill out a hurt feelings report. Buy a comfort rock.”
Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority opinion, joined by the Court’s conservative bloc. In her ruling, Barrett emphasized that federal courts are not meant to exercise oversight over the executive branch, but rather to resolve specific cases based on law.
“We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries’ worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself,” Barrett wrote.
She added a pointed remark aimed directly at Jackson: “Justice Jackson decries an imperial Executive while embracing an imperial Judiciary.”
The ruling is part of a broader trend in which the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is curbing what it sees as judicial activism from the lower courts—and pushback from the liberal justices is only fueling the debate.
Kennedy ended his remarks by reminding viewers that “rescuing the Constitution from activists in robes” is a key reason why Supreme Court appointments matter.
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