Prominent legal conservatives on Friday sought to tamp down a wave of sudden criticism directed at Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett over her vote to reject President Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid.
Amy Coney Barrett, one of President Donald Trump's nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court, has voted against him in key cases, including a March 5 decision to stop his cancellations of USAID contracts. Trump has a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court,
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with all Democratic appointees in telling the executive to pay those firms which
President Donald Trump shielded conservative Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett from his own supporters on Sunday after they blasted her for voting against the Trump administration. MAGA world had a meltdown last week when Barrett sided with liberal justices in rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to keep billions in foreign aid frozen.
MAGA erupted against Justice Barrett after an unfavorable ruling over Trump's foreign aid spending clawback, yet experts say he originalism remains intact.
MAGA activists have turned against one of President Donald Trump's own appointees to the Supreme Court: Justice Amy Coney Barrett.