There are definitely questions about how it is appropriate to use that docket, when it's appropriate to use that docket, the standards to be applied.
Elena Kagan: “There are definitely questions about how it is appropriate to use that docket, when it's appropriate to use that docket…”
On the recordJuly 17, 2026
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Elena Kagan
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Justice Kagan discussing the emergency docket.
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