Kagan Seethes As High Court Conservatives Deliver Property Rights Win
Friday’s 5-4 decision was the second time this term that the conservative majority has overruled a prior decision
An ideologically divided Supreme Court delivered a victory for property owners Friday, over a vigorous dissent from Justice Elena Kagan that accused the conservative majority of smashing “a hundred-plus years of legal rulings to smithereens.”
The dissent noted Friday’s case was the second time this term that the conservative justices have overturned a controlling precedent, prompting Kagan to ask, forebodingly, which precedent the high court will overrule next.-- More...
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