CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings delivered a forceful defense of the Supreme Court’s ruling that effectively ended the use of universal injunctions, calling it a major win for President Donald Trump and a blow to judicial overreach – and used a quote from liberal Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to prove the left’s hackery.

Speaking on CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five, Jennings applauded the 6–3 decision, which fell along ideological lines, as a long-overdue correction to the practice of allowing a single district court judge to block a president’s entire national agenda.

“Friday was a great day for Donald Trump,” Jennings told the panel, listing the court ruling alongside stock market gains and Middle East peace developments as evidence of a banner week for the president. “The court really clears the way for him to enact the agenda on which he ran.”

Jennings bolstered his argument by quoting none other than liberal Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. “It just can’t be right that one District Judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks,” he recited, noting that Kagan had made the remark in 2022 under a Democratic administration — even though she voted against the Supreme Court’s new ruling.

“Just goes to show you that some of these folks really are hacks,” Jennings added, taking aim at what he saw as partisan flip-flopping on the bench.

Host Abby Phillip pushed back, noting that “the hackery is definitely bipartisan,” pointing out that Republican figures, including former Trump adviser Stephen Miller, had previously celebrated nationwide injunctions when they blocked progressive policies.

Still, Jennings stood firm, arguing the change was overdue. “It’s not right that one of these individual district court judges can act like a king or a monarch and stop the elected president from acting,” he said.

The ruling, which conservatives had long sought, will dramatically reshape how legal challenges to presidential authority play out in the lower courts — setting the stage for potentially faster, broader execution of executive orders by Trump as he pursues the policies of his second term.

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