Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett once again found herself the subject of a full-on MAGA meltdown on Monday as allies of President Donald Trump targeted her for siding with the high court’s liberal justices in a brutal takedown of the Trump appointee.
Barrett was noticeably missing from the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruling that handed Trump a legal victory as it upheld the administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants it alleges are gang members.
Barrett, one of three Trump-appointed justices the president hand-picked during his last term, instead joined the court’s three liberals in ruling against Trump's use of the 1700s-era wartime law – a move that didn’t sit well with MAGA followers.
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“Justice Amy Coney Barrett once again sides with the Liberal justices that President Trump cannot invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798,” MAGA internet personality Ian Jaeger wrote on X. “She cannot be trusted.”
Pro-MAGA attorney Mike Davis used the Supreme Court win as an opportunity to throw jabs at U.S. District Judge James Boasberg – and Barrett.
“Judge Boasberg unlawfully and dangerously took the federal judiciary to the brink. Five justices stopped him,” Davis told his followers on X. “Professor Amy Coney Barrett joined the 3 liberals. What a disaster. Total lack of sound judgment.”
“Trump is allowed to deport any illegal he wants,” conservative political strategist Joey Mannarino said in a social media post. “It’s called common sense. Amy Coney Barrett is a piece of absolute s---.”
“HUGE … Amy commie Barrett is a joke,” the pro-MAGA X account @Catturd2 told its over 3 million followers. They later added in a follow-up post above a photo of the high court’s four female justices: “Amy Commie Barrett is a joke and a loser - and these Karens are hellbent on destroying the judiciary branch. Imagine losing our country, freedom, and the rule of law over these four utter clowns?”
Conservative talk show host Joe Pags Pagliarulo took a swipe at Barrett as an “alleged conservative,” while independent journalist Nick Sortor reacted to the Monday night ruling by calling Barrett “a MITCH McCONNELL PLANT who of course voted with the liberals to BLOCK President Trump from deporting violent Tren de Aragua gang members.”
“What a freaking disgrace,” Sortor added on X. “McConnell is doing everything he can to make sure Barrett is a thorn in Trump’s side.”
