Justice Kagan Says Supreme Court Election Rulings Have Deepened Polarization, Weakened Democracy
Photo: The DispatchJustice Elena Kagan said Tuesday that voting and elections rulings by her conservative Supreme Court colleagues have made the country more politically polarized and less democratic. Speaking to students and professors at Catholic University's law school in Washington, D.C., two weeks before the midterm elections for control of Congress, she criticized decisions that weakened the Voting Rights Act and campaign finance rules and opened the door to more partisan gerrymandering. She dissented from them. She said both parties are racing to the bottom on gerrymanders. The majority ruled in 2019 that federal courts cannot step in on partisan districting disputes.
Right-leaning outlets had not reported the story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative outlets had. Among alternative sources, AP leads with Kagan's warning; The Dispatch's podcast, in the excerpt provided, covers other Supreme Court matters, including orders, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and 3rd Circuit Second Amendment rulings, without mentioning her speech. Left-leaning HuffPost carries the same AP text, leading with her criticism and quoting her.
How the sides differ Left and alternative (AP) sources lead with Kagan's criticism of the rulings; another alternative source covers other court matters; right sources have not covered it.
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HuffPost runs the AP report, leading with Kagan's criticism of her colleagues' rulings and quoting her remarks on gerrymandering and campaign money, along with the majority's 2019 position.
AP leads with Kagan's speech and her criticism of the rulings. The Dispatch's podcast excerpt instead discusses Supreme Court orders, Justice Jackson, 3rd Circuit Second Amendment rulings and the emergency docket.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.