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Elena Kagan: The majority today is wrong as a matter of text: The Hobbs Act gives the courts of appeals exclusive jurisdiction to…

On the recordJune 20, 2025
The majority today is wrong as a matter of text: The Hobbs Act gives the courts of appeals exclusive jurisdiction to determine the validity of agency action, meaning that district courts have no jurisdiction to do so.
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Elena Kagan
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newsweek.com
Jun 20, 2025

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Justice Kagan's dissent on the Supreme Court's ruling regarding the Hobbs Act and agency action.

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