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Elena Kagan: The majority today is wrong as a matter of precedent: This Court has held that the Hobbs Act, like its precursors, sets…

On the recordJune 20, 2025
The majority today is wrong as a matter of precedent: This Court has held that the Hobbs Act, like its precursors, sets up a single judicial review mechanism for agency rules and orders, and prevents later collateral attacks on them in other courts.
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Elena Kagan
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newsweek.com
Jun 20, 2025

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Justice Kagan's dissent focusing on the precedent set by the Hobbs Act.

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