Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has launched a scathing attack on some of the conservative-majority court’s decisions, calling them detrimental to the country’s democracy just weeks before the crucial midterm elections.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a landmark copyright ruling that extended termination globally, rejecting an appeal by major music companies.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Elena Kagan on Tuesday said voting and elections decisions from her conservative Supreme Court colleagues have helped make the country more politically polarized and less democratic.

Without enough participating justices to hear the case, the decision will revert to its lower-court ruling.

The liberal justice says the conservative majority’s rulings have weakened democracy. Here’s how those decisions affect the midterms—and what Congress could do in response.

The liberal Supreme Court justice took aim at various recent rulings, including one that paved the way for rampant partisan gerrymandering of legislative districts.

The party apparatus is taking advantage of its enormous war chest, as well as a Supreme Court campaign-finance ruling this year, to send tens of millions into congressional races.

By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Allen Oct 19 (Reuters) - Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that opened the door for President Donald Trump's administration to re-arrest and deport the Palestinian activist.