Justice Elena Kagan publicly contradicts Alito, says Congress can pass SCOTUS ethics reforms

• Justice Elena Kagan appeared to publicly contradict Justice Samuel Alito on congressional power.
• Alito previously suggested Congress doesn't have the power to regulate the Supreme Court.
• "We're not imperial," Kagan said of the high court during a judicial event. 

Justice Elena Kagan publicly contradicted Justice Samuel Alito's controversial view that Congress does not have the power to impose greater ethical requirements on the Supreme Court, underlining how the high court has become split over the issue.