Kagan Seeks Compromise as High Court Tackles Contentious Issues

Justice Elena Kagan said she hopes the US Supreme Court can go back to finding more common ground, as the justices continue to consider contentious social issues amid historically low opinion polls.

“Time will tell whether this is a court that can get back to finding common ground” and “to ratcheting down the level of decision making so that we can reach compromises,” Kagan said Friday to a group of students at the University of Pennsylvania.

The justice, who currently finds herself on the short end of a 6-3 conservative majority on the court, said she thought of herself consistently ...