Regarding your editorial “Elena Kagan’s ‘Political’ Court” (Sept. 16): In speaking about “when courts become extensions of the political process,” Justice Kagan may have been referring not only to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, but also the machinations of Sen. Mitch McConnell in 2016 and 2020 that resulted in Neil Gorsuch and landing on the Supreme Court instead of Merrick Garland.
Given the partisan way that Supreme Court justices are currently nominated, considered and approved in the Senate, how could the legitimacy of the court not be questioned?
