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Justice Elena Kagan says the Court is blinding itself to reality

Speaking at the Catholic University of America, Justice Elena Kagan argued that the conservative majority has undermined democracy through rulings on voting and money, a process that trades legitimacy for utility.

By Adele Rutherford · October 21, 2026

The Supreme Court erodes its authority on the shadow docket

As the Supreme Court convenes its new term, relying on emergency shadow docket rulings to grant executive relief damages the institutional legitimacy that John Roberts seeks to protect.

By Adele Rutherford · October 4, 2026

The sleeper referendum that could reshape the national judiciary

The rot isn’t in the chambers of law; it’s in the architecture of power itself.

By Maya Ellison · August 1, 2026