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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(121,888 posts)
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 07:29 PM Apr 9

Amy Coney Barrett becomes an unlikely hate figure for MAGA World

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is the target of new ire from President Trump’s most fervent supporters after she bucked his position on a key case earlier this week.

Barrett joined — albeit only in part — a dissenting opinion penned by liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday. The case revolves around the highly controversial claim from the Trump administration that it is entitled to deport Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

The debate within the high court revolved around what the correct location was for the case being made on behalf of some of the detainees.

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Regardless of the finer points of the legal arguments, the mere fact of Barrett’s position was enough to elicit vocal dismay from Trump loyalists.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/memo-amy-coney-barrett-becomes-100000818.html

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Amy Coney Barrett becomes an unlikely hate figure for MAGA World (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 9 OP
She is not playing her part the way she is supposed to play it. kentuck Apr 9 #1
Unlikely? Not at all. B.See Apr 9 #2
The Constitutional system of checks and balances works best when one branch isn't installing lackeys in another. Shermann Apr 9 #3
As Malcolm X said, H2O Man Apr 9 #8
Welcome to hell, Amy. usonian Apr 9 #4
The karma train has pulled into her station. Irish_Dem Apr 9 #5
Hah! UTUSN Apr 9 #6
Being a Catholic, anamnua Apr 9 #7
Just an aside... electric_blue68 Apr 9 #9
Nothing new. Maga has hated her for years now Kaleva Apr 9 #10

kentuck

(113,529 posts)
1. She is not playing her part the way she is supposed to play it.
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 07:34 PM
Apr 9

She is exhibiting some independent thought, which is forbidden by the Trump and his Cult.

B.See

(5,195 posts)
2. Unlikely? Not at all.
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 07:35 PM
Apr 9

The moment one of their own even strays a LITTLE from the CULT mantra, they become a hate figure.

Especially when they were installed to be a LACKEY in the first place.

Shermann

(8,914 posts)
3. The Constitutional system of checks and balances works best when one branch isn't installing lackeys in another.
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 07:41 PM
Apr 9

Or so they say. You don't hear conservatives talk about these checks and balances very much. Trump never thinks he is being checked, only treated very unfairly. How are we to differentiate between the two?

H2O Man

(76,664 posts)
8. As Malcolm X said,
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 09:39 PM
Apr 9

when the puppet talks back to the puppeteer, the puppeteer is in trouble.

anamnua

(1,459 posts)
7. Being a Catholic,
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 09:38 PM
Apr 9

Last edited Thu Apr 10, 2025, 12:27 AM - Edit history (1)

albeit of the liberal sort, I think I can read this woman. She is a deeply conservative Catholic. However this can, believe it or not, convert into benign decisions in some contexts. I couldn’t, for example, see her having truck with anything that subverts the two term rule.
Her Irish name, Barrett, would also suggest, some Democratic DNA (I am Irish).

electric_blue68

(20,967 posts)
9. Just an aside...
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 10:45 PM
Apr 9

I'm surprised she's not wearing a *teal Supreme Courst Justice's robe.



*The Handmaid Tale reference

Kaleva

(39,233 posts)
10. Nothing new. Maga has hated her for years now
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 11:29 PM
Apr 9

To a somewhat lesser extent, they also hate Kavanaugh.

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