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Kagan says supreme court conservatives have made US political system ‘a nightmare’

Liberal justice says recent decisions on redistricting and campaign finance have undermined democracy and polarized US even more

Elena Kagan criticized rulings made by the US supreme court’s conservative majority this week, arguing that its recent decisions on redistricting and campaign finance had undermined America’s democracy.

“The court has kind of blinded itself to the very deleterious effects of their rulings on how the political system works,” said Kagan, one of the court’s three liberal justices, during a discussion at Catholic University’s law school in Washington DC on Tuesday, according to multiple reports.

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© Photograph: Finn Gomez/Getty Images

© Photograph: Finn Gomez/Getty Images

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Ahead of Midterms, Justice Kagan Says Rulings Have Intensified Polarization

The justice said during a discussion that recent Supreme Court decisions on voting rights, gerrymandering and campaign finance have deepened America’s divides.

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Justice Elena Kagan in Washington this summer. Justice Kagan, one of the court’s three liberals, has issued strongly worded dissents in individual election-related cases.
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