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.

  • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
    27·
    2 days ago

    They are supposed to be the interpreters of the law, and to send things back down to lower courts for things that are not spelled out in laws or the constitution so that the courts can help settle the grey (untested/unsettled ) areas of the law.

    The Court currently is anti human rights, pro corporate, anti environmental, pro Christian indoctrination, and pro Trump and/or fascists. The majority hasn’t ruled on anything based on case law in years. And that became super apparent when Trump got to stack the court with rubber stamp judges.

    • BigFig@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      They are supposed to be the interpreters of the law

      Uhhh don’t forget that the supreme court literally GAVE themselves that power and job. The Constitution does not say at all that the supreme court is to interpret law.

      Judicial review was established in 1803, and was just never objected to because neither of the other 2 branches want to do the job (and IMO they immediately recognized the tool or weapon it could be)

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        8·
        2 days ago

        True, but I have a hard time imagining them not having that job. What else would be the point of a court?