Teaming up with Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Elena Kagan showed once again Monday how the Supreme Court’s liberal bloc has not always approached cases involving claims of religious discrimination the same way.

The Supreme Court blocked an order on Friday that would force the Trump administration to pay out millions of dollars

The Supreme Court appears to be leaning toward a Catholic charitable organization pushing back against the state of Wisconsin in the latest religious rights case to come before the court.

Indeed, the day after its ruling on the Alien Enemies Act, the Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, paused an order that would have required the Trump administration to rehire more than 16,000 probationary employees fired under the direction of Elon Musk—the world’s wealthiest individual—and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The court ruled that the coalition that brought the case had failed to establish standing. It ordered a stay of a California District judge's order to reverse the mass firing of employees in their probationary periods—typically, those hired in the last one or two years.

President Donald Trump's administration has increasingly turned to the use of emergency appeals to the Supreme Court as it faces more than 130 lawsuits over his executive orders.