Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) mocked critics of a major Supreme Court decision that handed former President Donald Trump a sweeping victory on executive authority — delivering his signature sarcasm in full force.
The ruling, issued Friday in a 6–3 vote, limits the power of federal judges to impose nationwide injunctions on presidential actions. While it didn’t directly rule on Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship, it clears a key legal roadblock, emboldening the administration’s efforts to advance that and other controversial policies.
Speaking on Fox News, Kennedy had little sympathy for the ruling’s detractors.
“If they disagree, I’m sorry — fill out a hurt feelings report. Buy a comfort rock,” he quipped.
The majority opinion, authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, argued that district court judges had overstepped their bounds in halting executive orders across the entire country. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in a fiery dissent, condemned the decision as “perverse,” “destructive,” and fundamentally “wrong.” She warned it could hasten “the downfall of our government institutions,” asking rhetorically, “What good is the Constitution, then?”
Kennedy, rather than shy away from Jackson’s blistering words, leaned in.
“She’s mad as a bag of cats,” he said with a grin. “And that’s probably a good thing for the American people.”
He added that he was “proud” of the Court for striking down what he called “abusive injunctions.”
Other Democrats shared Justice Jackson’s alarm. Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) blasted the ruling as a “deplorable” act of judicial partisanship, accusing the Court’s conservative majority of putting loyalty to Trump ahead of the Constitution. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) called the decision a “vile betrayal” that would endanger Americans’ civil rights “for years to come.”
Meanwhile, Trump celebrated the decision on Truth Social, hailing it as a landmark victory for his administration and a major blow to what he called “rogue judges.”
