As Washington Splits Over Trump, Four Justices Seek Consensus

  • Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Kagan seek to avoid sharp divides
  • Court faces challenges over gay weddings, travel ban, unions
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Justice Elena Kagan committed a breach of protocol midway through the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dec. 5 argument in a case involving a cake for a gay wedding.

Seeing that a lawyer’s time was expiring but wanting to ask another question, Kagan said she was confident Chief Justice John Roberts would give the attorney a bit more time.