Justice Elena Kagan did not write many opinions this term—eleven total including her concurrences and dissents—but she had quite a bit to say in remarks to the Ninth CIrcuit Judicial Conference earlier today, including how she handles her frustration with decisions that don't go her way.
Earlier this year, Justice Sotomayor acknowledged occasionally crying over decisions behind closed doors, Kagan confessed to a different response: "I get where the frustration comes from. I'm more of a wall-slammer."
The most headline-grabbing aspects of Justice Kagan's remarks concern the potential of an enforceable ethics code for the Supreme Court. From Politico's report,
