At a time when partisan politics seem to have taken hold of the country, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan believes that the country’s highest court remains independent. Kagan spoke Tuesday evening at the University of Colorado Law School’s John Paul Stevens lecture, answering pre-selected questions about her professional career, advice for law school students and her work on the Supreme Court. Although the justices don’t always agree on decisions, to call the court politicized isn’t accurate, Kagan said.