Supreme Court justice's rare public rebuke staggers court watchers: 'Affirmatively bad'

In a speech at Catholic University’s law school, Justice Elena Kagan said the American public sees a troubling political system, and Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick and legal commentator Madiba Dennie say that’s a pointed warning about the Supreme Court itself.Lithwick says Kagan is typically the most cautious justice on partisan topics, which makes a speech weeks before the midterms stand out.In...