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Justice Elena Kagan warns the US Supreme Court's conservative majority has been 'destructive to democracy' ahead of the midterms

Elena Kagan warned the court's refusal to curb partisan gerrymandering has "created a race to the bottom," with rulings on voting maps and campaign cash deepening America's divides.
Elena Kagan warned the court's refusal to curb partisan gerrymandering has "created a race to the bottom," with rulings on voting maps and campaign cash deepening America's divides.
Elena Kagan, one of three liberal justices on the 6-3 bench, said rulings on voting rights have deepened America's divides ahead of the midterms.
Elena Kagan, one of three liberal justices on the 6-3 bench, said rulings on voting rights have deepened America's divides ahead of the midterms.

Elena Kagan, one of three liberal justices on the 6-3 bench, said the court's refusal to curb partisan gerrymandering has 'created a race to the bottom'. She spoke to students at Catholic University's law school, in conversation with Prof J. Joel Alicea, a former clerk to conservative Justice Samuel Alito. Kagan said rulings on voting maps, campaign cash and voting rights have deepened America's divides.

Kagan said politicians now drift 'toward the extremes' because they only fear being primaried.

In April the court gutted a core element of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

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