Supreme Court justice turns on her own court with dire warning about American democracy

Justice Elena Kagan, of the Supreme Court's liberal wing, said the conservative majority's recent rulings have left American democracy working worse than it should. She spoke in a closed session at Catholic University's law school in Washington, D.C., in conversation with law professor Joel Alicea, a former clerk to Justice Samuel Alito, according to Fox News.

Her remarks come as a new term begins, with major rulings expected on gun rights and state election integrity laws, and less than two weeks before the midterms. President Donald Trump and Republican legislators have pushed maps favoring the GOP, while Democratic-led states have redrawn theirs, prompting lawsuits.

Kagan blamed the 2019 decision in Rucho v. Common Cause, where she dissented, which put partisan gerrymanders beyond federal courts' reach. She called it the start of a "race to the bottom" that pushes voters toward extremes and costs citizens voting equality. She also criticized last term's rulings easing campaign finance limits and making majority-minority districts harder to draw under the Voting Rights Act, saying the justices disregarded the consequences.

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