Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has fallen out of favor with conservatives following her recent vote on President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign aid spending.
Justice Barratt cast a pivotal vote against Trump’s order that seeks to tackle federal government waste.
Barrett’s rise to the court in 2020 was seen as solidifying a conservative majority.
However, Barrett has since sided with the liberal wing in a number of key disputes impacting Trump and his agenda.
While Barrett’s so-called independent streak has won praise in the liberal press, she’s facing backlash from Trump’s supporters over her perceived disloyalty to the president.
Trump nominated Barrett to replace liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Ginsburg died amid the heated 2020 presidential campaign.
Democrats condemned Barrett’s rushed confirmation as an unscrupulous power grab.
Barrett, at the time, was painted by liberal critics as a rubber stamp for a shadowy, extreme agenda.
Yet, Barrett’s mixed record on the bench has been a pleasant surprise to the Left.
Meanwhile, her positions have been increasingly leaving many on the Right disappointed.
Barrett provoked fresh outrage this week when she rejected Trump’s request to freeze $2 billion in foreign aid.
Justice Samuel Alito, one of the court’s most reliable conservatives, condemned the 5-4 ruling as a grave constitutional error.
Alito argues that the ruling rewarded “judicial hubris” from the Biden-appointed district court judge who ordered Trump to pay up.
Barrett’s role in the case led to furious reactions online.
Many pro-Trump activists, such as Jack Posobiec, are now calling Barratt a DEI hire.
Barrett’s role in thwarting Trump’s agenda comes after she supported, to varying degrees, efforts to prosecute Trump and his supporters.
She objected to the scope of presidential immunity granted by her conservative colleagues in a landmark case brought by Trump last year.
Barrett’s comments provided a roadmap for prosecutor Jack Smith in his failed efforts to imprison Trump.
When the court narrowed the Justice Department’s sweeping prosecution of January 6 defendants on obstruction charges, Barrett also dissented.
She accused her conservative colleagues of performing “textual backflips” to limit charges of obstruction of an official proceeding.
Along with Chief Justice John Roberts, Barrett also declined to block President Trump’s criminal sentencing for “falsifying business records” just days before his inauguration in January.
Of course, Barrett has her defenders on the Right.
Many point to her role in helping to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Still, her overall record has made it clear that she cannot be counted on to support Trump and his America First initiatives.
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