I think that we should hold ourselves, sort of on both sides, to a standard of explaining why we're doing what we're doing.
Elena Kagan: “I think that we should hold ourselves, sort of on both sides, to a standard of explaining why we're doing what we're…”
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Kagan calls for accountability in the Supreme Court's decision-making process.
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I don't see this as a court that is just like, 'We're just going to rubber stamp what the current administration does.' You know, quite the opposite.
The leaks dramatically change the way we do business internally or at least has the potential to do so. The way we relate to each other depends so much on honest communication among the nine of us.
The people of America look around this political system and think that all this money chasing all these political candidates is a nightmare.
There are definitely questions about how it is appropriate to use that docket, when it's appropriate to use that docket, the standards to be applied.