As midterms near, Justice Kagan says Supreme Court rulings have intensified polarization
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The justice’s remarks came during a conversation at Catholic University’s law school with professor J. Joel Alicea, who was a law clerk to Justice Samuel Alito, a conservative. Get Starting PointA guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter EmailWhile Kagan has issued strongly worded dissents in individual election-related cases, her remarks Tuesday amounted to a global critique of how a series of choices by the court’s majority have affected democracy in the United States. Taken together, she said, the rulings have deepened political divisions and made the country’s electoral system work less well. The Supreme Court justices on Oct. 7, 2022. J. Scott Applewhite/Associated PressKagan wrote the dissent, for instance, when the court in 2019 closed the door on federal litigation challenging voting maps aimed at achieving political ends.
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