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How Amy Coney Barrett Is Confounding the Right
- Amy Coney Barrett has become the Supreme Court justice most likely to support liberal decisions, aligning with Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan 82% of the time in non-unanimous cases, up from 39% in her first term.
- Many on the right are disappointed with Barrett, who has sided against Trump more than other justices and has a cautious approach that frustrates far-right activists.
- President Donald Trump has privately criticized Barrett, suggesting she is a 'D.E.I. hire,' due to her cautious approach and isolated stance.
- Barrett's cautious approach has led to tension with fellow conservatives, who have differing views on legal interpretations.
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MAGA loses hope in Trump-appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett · American Wire News
A new analysis of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s rulings has revealed that she’s far more left-wing than many had initially thought, thus confirming the right’s fears about her. Conducted on behalf of the New York Times, the analysis by several law professors found that while Barrett initially sided mainly with the conservative faction of the high court, in recent years, she’s been siding more and more with the liberal side. Conserva…
Trump’s SCOTUS Gamble Backfires as Barrett Becomes His Judicial Headache
Amy Coney Barrett was supposed to be Donald Trump’s crowning judicial pick — the lock to cement a hard-right Supreme Court for decades. But she’s becoming his biggest legal disappointment. Trump appointed Barrett in a rush to replace liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the 2020 election, betting that the devout Catholic and former Scalia clerk would be a guaranteed vote for the MAGA agenda. He even claimed his justices would be “automatic” v…
Alito Wants to Move Quickly, but Barrett Slowing Him Down
To be clear, Amy Coney Barrett is a conservative Supreme Court justice, and she "has moved the court's outcomes dramatically to the right and locked in conservative victories on gun rights, affirmative action and the power of federal agencies," writes Jodi Kantor in the New York Times . And yet, many...
New SCOTUS Leaks Reveal Secret Details About Justice Amy Coney Barrett
The FBI’s investigation into leaks at the Supreme Court hasn’t stopped new details from emerging about the fault lines that have developed between Justice Amy Coney Barrett and her fellow conservative justices. President Donald Trump appointed Barrett in 2020 with the specific goal of overturning Roe v. Wade. But in a key internal vote, she opposed taking up Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the 2022 case that challenged a constituti…
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