Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan said Thursday that one of the major challenges facing the federal judiciary today is the possibility of government officials defying court orders.

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan expressed alarm at the increase in threats against the judiciary, urging judges not to be intimidated.

Justice Elena Kagan, the second-longest-serving liberal on the Supreme Court, decried threats to judges, vitriolic reactions to rulings and the defiance of court orders.

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is urging fellow judges to keep their heads high despite Trump’s relentless attacks on the United States judiciary. The liberal justice, appointed by former President Barack Obama,

Dissenting Democratic-appointed justices complained that the majority "all but overturned" a 90-year-old precedent on the shadow docket.

Justices granted emergency request from the DOJ, which argued the president has authority to remove commissioners without cause.