Liberal Justice Elena Kagan criticized the recent rulings made by the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority, arguing that decisions on redistricting and campaign finance have undermined democracy in America. During a discussion at Catholic University’s law school in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Kagan stated,
“"The court has kind of blinded itself to the very deleterious effects of their rulings on how the political system works."
Kagan, one of the court’s three liberal justices, emphasized that the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, “has created a democracy that does not work as well as it should.” Her remarks come just two weeks before the midterm elections and amid ongoing battles over congressional redistricting.
Recent Supreme Court Decisions
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map, effectively gutting a major section of the Voting Rights Act. In June, the court also invalidated campaign finance restrictions that limited how much political parties could spend on candidates. Both decisions were split 6-3 along ideological lines.
