Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., cautioned some of President Donald Trump’s nominees for senior positions in the Justice Department against disobeying court ruling regardless of any personal objections they may have, NBC News reported.

During the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, several Democrat senators asked the nominees if it were ever appropriate for a president to ignore a ruling from a federal judge. Since Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative, many of the president’s orders have been blocked by federal judges.

Kennedy took his allotted time to offer advice and support the Democrats’ line of questioning in an unexpected show of solidarity.

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