The Supreme Court’s new dynamic
The U.S. Supreme Court is beginning its fall session with a new member, former Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan. Current Dean Martha Minow, who was both a teacher and a colleague to Kagan, and Noah Feldman, the Bemis Professor of International Law, who clerked at the Court and follows its proceedings closely, met with the Gazette to discuss the upcoming judicial year. GAZETTE: Let’s begin by talking about the newest member of the court. FELDMAN: In whose recently past office we sit. GAZETTE: Exactly. Now that she’s about to start in her new role, how do you think she will change the dynamic on the court? MINOW: I think she will change the dynamic on the court, but its actual direction we won’t know for several years. It’s also true that not only is she present, but Justice [John Paul] Stevens is absent, and so those are two major changes all at...