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Oct 26, 2026 5:07 PM

Telling it like it is. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Eric Lee/Getty Images and Getty Images Plus.

Sign up for Executive Dysfunction , a weekly newsletter that highlights one under-the-radar story about how Trump is changing the law—or how the law is pushing back—and keeps you posted on the latest from Slate’s Jurisprudence team.

This past week, Justice Elena Kagan gave a speech at Catholic University law school in D.C ., warning the American public and her colleagues about the ways that the Supreme Court itself is undermining democratic governance. The speech was noteworthy in its unvarnished language about an American public that has lost confidence in her court, for good reason.…