The Trump-appointed justice has shifted the court to the right, but she has angered some in MAGA world by voting against some of President Donald Trump's priorities.

Summary

MAGA has turned on Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump appointee, after she sided against Trump in two recent 5-4 rulings.

Online critics accuse her of disloyalty, with some even calling her a “DEI judge.”

Barrett has consistently ruled in favor of conservative causes but has occasionally taken a more independent approach. However, Trump supporters expect personal loyalty from the justices.

The backlash mirrors previous attacks on judges ruling against Trump, raising concerns about threats and judicial independence.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    47·
    2 days ago

    The irony is that he was very interested in the civil rights movement as a student. (And let’s face it, this is not surprising for a Black student from the late 60’s/early 70’s.) And he was a bright student, he got accepted unto many law schools and was one of only 12 black law students at Yale. He’s not a moron.

    And when he graduated from Yale, and sought a job in private practice, he found that law firms assumed he must have gotten his degree because of affirmative action, and not on his merit. So, having experienced systemic racism firsthand, he sought to root it out everywhere…

    … Sike! That’s not it at all. Rather than blame the racist law partners who assumed nobody with that much melanin could graduate from Yale without help, he blamed Yale for giving him a “worthless degree” with the taint of affirmative action all over it, and embarked on a career dedicated to tearing down anything that would help minority groups. No wonder Republicans like him so much.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Thomas

    • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      2 days ago

      There was a time when Clarence’s mindlessly textualist dissents were basically a drinking game for Law Students. Take a shot every time he mentions that something didn’t exist in 1789! He was also famous for never, ever asking questions in oral arguments. Then of course there are the famous complaints about salary. Dude simply does not give a fuck, but that kind of committed disdain for the institution ended up serving him well as the GOP sank down to meet him.