Associate Justice Elena Kagan stands during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. Kagan is cautioning that courts look political and forfeit legitimacy when they needlessly overturn precedent and decide more than they have to. Speaking on Sept. 12, 2022, less than three months after a five-justice conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade's constitutional guarantee of abortion access, Kagan says the public's view of the court can be damaged especially when changes in its membership lead to big changes in the law. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
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