Justice Kagan Suggests Supreme Court Justices Are Creating ‘Legitimacy Problems for Themselves’

⚖️Supreme Court Justice 👨‍⚖️Elena Kagan spoke out about the legitimacy of the court, suggesting justices are causing issues by being too political.

CNN reported on Kagan’s appearance at Temple Emanu-El’s Streicker Center for a discussion with Judge Alison J. Nathan.

“I think judges create legitimacy problems for themselves — undermine their legitimacy — when they don’t act so much like courts and when they don’t do things that are recognizably law,” she said on Monday.

Kagan continued, “And when they instead stray into places where it looks like they are an extension of the political process or where they are imposing their own personal preferences.”

The outlet noted Kagan’s comments contrasted those of Chief Justice John Roberts.

On Friday, Roberts said he did not understand the link “between opinions that people disagree with and the legitimacy of the court.”

He added, “You don’t want public opinion to be the guide of what the appropriate decision is.”

Others expressed their concerns with the court’s legitimacy after it decided to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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