In remarks before judges and lawyers in California, the justice said she believed the court had a responsibility to share its reasoning.

The Supreme Court has handled a flood of appeals from the Trump administration on its emergency docket, also known as the shadow docket. In the first six months of Trump’s term, the conservatives on the court have sided with him on several key policies,

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.