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Kagan: Supreme Court rulings have heightened political polarization
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Justice Elena Kagan offered a pointed critique on Tuesday of recent Supreme Court decisions that opened the door for more political spending and weakened key voting rights protections, suggesting those rulings by her conservative colleagues have driven the country further apart.
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US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan accused the court’s conservative supermajority of undercutting democracy, saying recent rulings had created a “race to the bottom” in redistricting and a “nightmare” of unlimited election spending.
The liberal Supreme Court justice took aim at various recent rulings, including one that paved the way for rampant partisan gerrymandering of legislative districts.
Justice Elena Kagan says decisions by her conservative Supreme Court colleagues have increased political polarization and weakened democracy in the U.S. She spoke Tuesday, two weeks before the midterm elections, criticizing rulings that weakened the Voting Rights Act and campaign finance regulations…
By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Two weeks before the midterm elections, liberal Justice Elena Kagan bluntly sized up the Supreme Court handling of election and voting-related cases, saying, “The court has kind of blinded itself to the very deleterious effects of their rulin…
Justice Elena Kagan says decisions by her conservative Supreme Court colleagues have increased political polarization and weakened democracy in the U.S. She spoke Tuesday, two weeks before the midterm elections, criticizing rulings that weakened the Vo...
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan criticized the high court’s recent election-related rulings Tuesday, arguing that the justices have failed to account for how their decisions affect the functioning of American democracy.
Justice Elena Kagan offered a pointed critique on Tuesday of recent Supreme Court decisions that opened the door for more political spending and weakened key voting rights protections, suggesting those rulings by her conservative colleagues have driven the country further apart.
Liberal justice says recent decisions on redistricting and campaign finance have undermined democracy and polarized US even more US politics live – latest updates Elena Kagan criticized rulings made by the US supreme court’s conservative majority this week, arguing that its recent decisions on redis…
The liberal justice says the conservative majority’s rulings have weakened democracy. Here’s how those decisions affect the midterms—and what Congress could do in response.
Elena Kagan Says The Supreme Court Majority Has ‘Blinded Itself’ To The Damage It’s Doing To Democracy: Kagan says the Court isn't a Trump rubber stamp, but she thinks the majority is breaking the country anyway.
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - Liberal Justice Elena Kagan said the conservative majority's rulings on gerrymandering, campaign finance and the Voting Rights Act have made the country more polarized. Click to read the rest HERE-> Justice Kagan Says Supreme Court’s Election Rulings Have Hurt Democracy, Tw…
With pivotal midterm elections two weeks away, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said Tuesday that the high court's recent decisions on voting and campaign finance have damaged the nation's democracy.
Justice Elena Kagan warned that Supreme Court rulings on gerrymandering and campaign finance have created a democracy that "doesn't work" for everyone.
