New Delhi, May 16 -- Justice Elena Kagan sharply questioned US Solicitor General John Sauer on Thursday (May 15) over the Trump administration's attempt to curtail nationwide injunctions issued by federal judges - a central issue in the high-stakes case involving birthright citizenship.

Kagan focused on the real-world consequences of ending universal injunctions, asking how the Supreme Court could manage a flood of legal challenges from different jurisdictions.

"If I were in your shoes, there's no way I'd approach the Court with this case," Kagan remarked, drawing chuckles in the courtroom, Fox News reported.

When Sauer attempted to explain, Kagan cut in. She was quoted as saying by the news outlet: "This is not a hypothetical - this i...