Closed-door talk: Justice calls out court, but only after inviting a rival’s former aide
A warning about democracy, delivered in a setting that only the insiders could understand.
The story
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan criticized the current court's rulings, arguing they harm democracy and create political instability, but she also denied the court is biased toward Trump's agenda.
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Our reading
Elena Kagan, a Supreme Court justice, gave a speech in which she called out her own court for undermining democracy. That’s not the weird part. The weird part is that she did it in a closed-door discussion with a law professor who used to work for a justice on the opposite side of the ideological spectrum. It’s like if a CEO of a company gave a rant about how the board is failing, but only after inviting the board’s biggest critic to the meeting. The whole thing feels less like a warning and more like a performance for a small, well-dressed audience. Kagan also insisted the court isn’t just rubber-stamping Trump’s agenda, which is a bit like saying the sky isn’t falling after you’ve just seen a meteor hit the White House.
