Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has a warning for America: the Supreme Court is a threat to democracy. She would know. She works there. She has the robe, the parking spot, and the job for life.
According to Fox News, Kagan argued that the Court's rulings on gerrymandering and campaign finance are destabilizing democracy and driving political polarization. That's a bold position to take while sitting on the very institution you're warning about. It's like the head chef going on Yelp to post one star about the restaurant while still collecting his paycheck from the kitchen.
The Contrarian Crow has a question. When the Court hands down a ruling Kagan likes, it's the sacred guardian of our republic. When the majority rules the other way, suddenly the building is a danger to the nation. Funny how democracy is always in crisis exactly when the left loses a 6-3 vote. The math is consistent: three votes equals democracy, six votes equals the end of the world.
Let's also note the setting. Nine unelected lawyers who can never be voted out, now debating which of them is the real threat to the will of the voters. That's a family argument with no exits. If democracy is so fragile, maybe start by letting people elect you. Just kidding. Nobody is giving up that job. Not even for democracy.
Kagan is one of the sharper writers on the bench, and nobody doubts her talent for a dissent. But this new genre, the Justice Book Tour Of Doom, is getting crowded. Justices used to speak through opinions. Now they speak through panels, podcasts, and interviews about how the Court is ruining everything, followed by a polite return to the Court to keep doing the job.
Imagine if every other workplace did this. A pilot announces mid-flight that the airline is destabilizing aviation, then lands the plane and books his next shift. A referee holds a press conference saying the league is rigged, then goes back out to blow the whistle. We'd call that a bad culture fit. In Washington, they call it courage.
Here's a modest proposal from the Crow. If the Court is destabilizing democracy, democracy's still standing, the elections are still happening, and both parties keep raising record money anyway. Maybe the republic is sturdier than the dissent tour suggests.
Or maybe it's a crisis. We'll find out the next time a ruling goes 6-3 the other way and the same folks call the Court a beacon of liberty. Set your watch.
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