A court is supposed to explain things,” the Obama appointee said during her appearance at a circuit conference. “That’s what courts do.”

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan called on her colleagues to exercise caution when issuing emergency orders in legal challenges without explaining their reasoning, a day after she sharply criticized the use of the shadow docket in a dissent.

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