{"id":109124,"date":"2025-02-24T16:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T00:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/24\/elena-kagan-wants-people-to-feel-comfortable-about-their-right-to-criticize-the-supreme-court\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T16:03:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T00:03:02","slug":"elena-kagan-wants-people-to-feel-comfortable-about-their-right-to-criticize-the-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/24\/elena-kagan-wants-people-to-feel-comfortable-about-their-right-to-criticize-the-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Elena Kagan Wants People To Feel Comfortable About Their Right To Criticize The Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"466\" width=\"620\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-112843880-620x466.jpg?resize=620%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Rafael Suanes\/MCT\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>In the end, the results matter, people are absolutely entitled to make judgments about the court based on the results that the court is reaching and the reasons that the court is giving for those results<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><em><strong><i>\u2014 <\/i>\u00a0Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elena_Kagan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Elena Kagan<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/kagan-defends-publics-right-to-criticize-us-supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">comments given<\/a> during Princeton University\u2019s recent Alumni Day event, where she defended the public\u2019s right to criticize whether the Supreme Court \u201cis doing its job properly, no matter how hard we\u2019re working and seriously we\u2019re taking things.\u201d Kagan was later awarded the school\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/01\/us-supreme-court-justice-elena-kagan-81-and-nobel-prize-winning-economist-david?utm_campaign=communications&amp;utm_content=1740074532&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Woodrow Wilson award<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?w=1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" class=\"wp-image-441281\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/02\/elena-kagan-wants-people-to-feel-comfortable-about-their-right-to-criticize-the-supreme-court\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elena Kagan Wants People To Feel Comfortable About Their Right To Criticize The Supreme Court<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"466\" width=\"620\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-112843880-620x466.jpg?resize=620%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Rafael Suanes\/MCT\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>In the end, the results matter, people are absolutely entitled to make judgments about the court based on the results that the court is reaching and the reasons that the court is giving for those results<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><em><strong><i>\u2014 <\/i>\u00a0Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elena_Kagan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Elena Kagan<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/kagan-defends-publics-right-to-criticize-us-supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">comments given<\/a> during Princeton University\u2019s recent Alumni Day event, where she defended the public\u2019s right to criticize whether the Supreme Court \u201cis doing its job properly, no matter how hard we\u2019re working and seriously we\u2019re taking things.\u201d Kagan was later awarded the school\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/01\/us-supreme-court-justice-elena-kagan-81-and-nobel-prize-winning-economist-david?utm_campaign=communications&amp;utm_content=1740074532&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Woodrow Wilson award<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?w=1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" class=\"wp-image-441281\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#5b282f3a38321b3a39342d3e2f333e373a2c75383436\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. 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