All posts tagged "Amy Coney Barrett"

Two of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court appointees are headed in very different directions, and one legal analyst can't stop watching.

Legal AF host Michael Popok said in a Wednesday episode of the "Unprecedented" podcast with constitutional scholar Lisa Graves that Justice Neil Gorsuch has moved sharply to the right while Justice Amy Coney Barrett is shaping up as the court's new center as the 2026-2027 term opens.

Popok said he once held out hope for Gorsuch, but that has evaporated....

President Donald Trump invited three conservative Supreme Court justices to his state dinner hosting Chinese leader Xi Jinping, which prompted outcry.

On Thursday, multiple reporters pointed out that Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts were expected to attend the dinner. The New York Times reported the full guest list, which featured more than 130 guests and included Tech titans like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman and Tim Cook.

"I guess Trump wasn't that p— about birthright citizenship or well this is an open bribe," reacted legal expert and journalist Marcy Wheeler, who runs the "emptywheel" podcast and blog. "You decide."...

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett deflected questions about President Donald Trump's attacks on her and her colleagues, even after publicly decrying the rising threats.

According to reporting by Bloomberg Law, the Trump-appointed Barrett was pressed on Thursday about the topic during a question-and-answer session at the University of Virginia. She was there to promote her book, "Listening to the Law."

She was asked whether disparaging comments made over the past year by Trump and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller had increased threats to the judiciary, Bloomberg Law reported. Barrett reportedly declined to single out the president....

CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst Joan Biskupic described the "compelling moment" Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett shared during her testimony before Congress on Tuesday.

Barrett and Justice Elena Kagan made a rare appearance on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Appropriations subcommittee and requested a $16.6 million budget increase amid escalating threats against judges. Biskupic described the "raw testimony" during the live broadcast with CNN anchor Boris Sanchez — and a moment that caught her attention during the hearing.

"This morning they were before House members making their pitch for more security, explaining the kinds of needs they have both for more officers at their residence, more officers at the Supreme Court, a better screening system for people who are going into the court, visitors, and then also cybersecurity," Biskupic said. "We know that there have been some leaks from the court, but they're very much worried about what kind of cybersecurity risks they have right now. And I have to say, a very compelling moment came early in the hearing when Justice Barrett, who was up there with Justice Kagan, talked personally about what the security threats have meant to her and her family."...

A panel of political analysts recoiled in disgust at MAGA attacks against a Supreme Court justice.

CNN anchor Abby Phillip shared online comments about Amy Coney Barrett in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to block Trump's efforts to kill birthright citizenship.

"Amy Coney Barrett is the poster child for why we need to repeal the Nineteenth Amendment," wrote West Virginia congressional candidate and convicted January 6er Derrick Evans, referring to the amendment that gives women the right to vote, in a post shared by Phillip....

Conservative justices Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett clashed on Monday in a Supreme Court ruling involving mail-in voting, which was considered a rejection of the Republican Party's attack on mail-in ballots.

Coney Barrett wrote the opinion in the 5-4 ruling in Watson v. Republican National Committee that upheld a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to arrive after Election Day. And in a scathing dissent, Alito used her own words to argue against the decision. Fellow conservative justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas joined the dissent.

"To say that this is not the most likely explanation of States' thought processes would be 'a delicately put understatement,'" Alito wrote....