'We had too much hope for her': Justice Coney Barrett has Trump allies fuming

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

June 15, 2025 2:48PM ET


Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's growing alliance with the liberal wing of the court has members of Donald Trump's inner circle kicking themselves for handing her a lifetime appointment. According to a report from the New York Times' Jodi Kantor, there was some resistance to her nomination to fill the seat previously held by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but the president overruled them believing she would help him the evangelical vote.

It turns out both camps were right, and now there is dismay in the White House about her "leftward tilt." Case in point, from the Times: "When Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan agreed on nonunanimous decisions this term, Justice Barrett joined them 82 percent of the time — up from 39 percent of the time in her first term."

The report notes, "Some of Mr. Trump’s allies have turned on her, accusing the justice of being a turncoat and calling her — a mother of seven, with two Black children adopted from Haiti — a 'D.E.I. hire,'" Kantor wrote before adding, "She has become the Republican-appointed justice most likely to be in the majority in decisions that reach a liberal outcome, according to a new analysis of her record prepared for The New York Times. Her influence — measured by how often she is on the winning side — is rising. Along with the chief justice, a frequent voting partner, Justice Barrett could be one of the few people in the country to check the actions of the president."

Far-right legal activist Mike Davis complained, "We had too much hope for her. She doesn’t have enough courage.” The report goes on to note, "Mr. Trump has privately complained about her too, according to two people familiar with his thinking."

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[tanyev]

1. And after Donny threw that Covid superspreader reception in the Rose Garden for her!

That’s gratitude for ya.

[proud patriot]

2. I bet she Admired Ginsberg

I'm thankful she's somewhat thoughtful in her opinions.

[Bluetus]

29. Barrett, Gorsuch and beer bong guy are all young enough

that they have a reasonable expectation of living 30 years or more. And if they have any brains, they should see where this is heading. If we stay on this course, the last 25 of their years on this planet will be under a completely fascist government where the SCOTUS has no power, and they could easily end up in prison or worse. If they have any functioning brain cells, they will decide that they have to stop this right now. They are Republicans so I don't expect them to think of anybody but themselves. However, in this case, that should be enough for them to see they must change course -- for their own self-preservation.

[Deuxcents]

3. Too much hope that she would not honor her oath and uphold the Constitution? Says more about them than her

[groundloop]

6. Exactly my thoughts.....

It's amazing that she took an oath of office where she promised to uphold the Constitution, and then people get pissy when she upholds the Constitution.

[ArizonaLib]

13. 100%

Sounds like she is taking her professional responsibility and her following a Prince of Peace seriously. RBG's compassionate spirit never left that office!

[Jack Valentino]

24. Oh, but the Constitution is only what Trump, Magats and Republicans say it is,

and they expected her to toe the Fuhrer's line in everything.....

Maybe they didn't take her religion as seriously as she purportedly does---
when it comes to things like "truth" and "law"---

and Jesus was "woke"--- "too woke", according to some "evangelical" preachers now
(who preach the evangelism of Trump, NOT Jesus)


Clearly Trump et al hoped she would be a partisan judge,
and she hasn't been enough of one to please them. Awe shucks.

[electric_blue68]

4. I hadn't been really following ths, but it's good to hear. Ty

[mucifer]

5. Looks like she joined the Women's Caucus of the Supreme Court

Tho she has done tons of damage already.

[Demovictory9]

10. Next trump nominee will be male

[Cheezoholic]

16. I agree 100%. She's not tilting left as much as the other women have opened a window from Gilead for her n/t

[Raven123]

7. The problem is they believe courage is synonymous with sycophancy

[ArizonaLib]

14. They are not smart enough

.... to know those big words. How about 'monsters'?

[Bluejeans]

8. To the conservatives disappointed in Justice Comey, here's some advice I learned as a child in "noo-jurzee"....

..."Tough shit; chew harder!"

[Demovictory9]

9. They want a mindless rightwing rubber stamp (looking at you Clarence)

[ClaudetteCC]

11. believing she would help him the evangelical vote

That line surprised me given her dedication to Catholic teaching and membership in People of Praise (which from my minimal reading about it seems ecumenical but more Catholic adjacent than anything else.)

[ClaudetteCC]

12. I just noticed I copied a grammatical error in the sentence. I presume it is 'help him WITH the'

[BurnDoubt]

27. Evangelicals and Catholics will definitely ride together to...

subsume the Government. But once they get there, the Catholics will be reminding them they can't get into Heaven if they're not Catholics... Ask 'em.
It IS fun, after a long life, to watch Evangelicals do ALL the stuff they ranted about the Catholics doing... Idolatry, Hypocrisy, Greed, well, basically all the Seven Deadlies. Trump Bible is all you really need to know.
If you have to tell me you're a Christian, you're not doing it right (Mr. Speaker).
I was raised Catholic, in a Christian country by ANY measure, and I'm still waiting to see a populace that in any way resembles what He was teaching. And it certainly isn't in any plan I've heard espoused in the rhetoric.

[pansypoo53219]

15. ooooooh, did leonard fuck up?

[BurnDoubt]

17. "Two people who are familiar with his thinking"... REALLY?????

His Thinking????? Does he??? I did not see that coming.

[generalbetrayus]

18. "Two people who are familiar with Stephen Miller's thinking" - CORRECTED!

[Hugin]

30. That's sort of like being on a first name basis with Bigfoot.

It may even be an oxymoron.

[mdbl]

19. maybe she feels she fulfilled her role by making abortion more difficult to obtain

And just because someone voted to uphold constitutional rights doesn't make them "left leaning". Get it stupid ass reporters and editors?

[Jack Valentino]

25. Actually it sorta DOES make them "left-leaning"--- since all the right-wingers continuously vote

to deny constitutional rights..... but the "stupid as reporters and editors" fail to make that the story of the century which it IS....


'Truth has a liberal bias'

[JHB]

20. In the Federalist Society's quest to put hard RW operatives on the court, Souter was a misfire...

Maybe ACB is becoming one too?

Still a bit late, and I still think she perjured herself during the confirmation hearings. Views can evolve, but evolution is not a fast process. Going from "Roe v Wade is settled law" to overturning it at the first opportunity argues that her position did not evolve, it was it was concealed by a lie under oath.

[slightlv]

21. These magas don't suffer traitors to their cause for long.

It'll be interesting to see how they get her out of the seat. Death? Dishonor? Simply kicking her out? The fact it's a woman makes it much easier for them to accomplish. They're just wash her away as tho she never really existed. She lied to everyone in the U.S. to get the seat. And they're p'o'd she didn't continue upholding lies? May they find more and more of their handpicked No-Nothings turning their face against them.

[Jack Valentino]

22. Jesus was "too woke"--- guess they hadn't heard--- which would also mean that

any sincere follower of Jesus would also be "too woke" too......!

[Jack Valentino]

23. I never heard before that she had "two Black children adopted from Haiti "----

changes my perception of her a little bit

[JBTaurus83]

26. Well I won't get myself

Excited enough to hope for a total change in her thoughts, but, people can change. Any positive move by her now would be appreciated.

[Metaphorical]

28. I do not want a liberal justice

I want a balanced, fair, considerate justice. As it turns out, that may just be enough.

[Cha]

31. "The Democracy Wing".. tell it like it is, Tom Boggioni.

Ha! ACB has Exponentially More "Courage" than Mike Fascist Fuck Davis.

How Ironic! I hope this continues and the Vicious FF don't get to her with their GD Threats.

Mahalo, BRDS

[Skittles]

32. methinks Ms. Barrett resents her assigned role

she's a religious nutcase but maybe fascism is just too much for her to pimp for

[DSandra]

33. I recall that she was basically put in to help overturn Roe V Wade

Perhaps little care was made to ensure that she would be a reliable far right vote on the bench.

[Puppyjive]

34. Why are we labeling the law ' liberal leaning'?

I get so tired if the law and truth being labeled as left leaning. The law is the law and the truth is the truth. Judges are suppose to be non bias and rule based on their interpretation of the law, not party influence.

[OldBaldy1701E]

35. Non-sequitur...

...according to two people familiar with his thinking."

What thinking?

Also, who could ever say that they were 'familiar' with this thinking when he does so little of it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

36. Deadline: Legal Blog-Justice Amy Coney Barrett's stance would further weaken transgender rights

The Trump appointee wrote a concurrence in the Skrmetti case joined only by Thomas. Alito seems to agree with them, too.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s stance would further weaken #transgender rights.

The Trump appointee wrote a concurrence in the #Skrmetti case joined only by #Thomas. #Alito seems to agree with them, too.

— [The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) 2025-06-18T19:53:43.041Z

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/transgender-rights-skrmetti-decision-barrett-rcna213740

When the Supreme Court upheld a ban on gender-affirming care for minors Wednesday, it didn’t resolve a broader question of whether transgender people are entitled to certain legal protections that would help them press constitutional challenges. But Justice Amy Coney Barrett went out of her way to explain why she thinks transgender people don’t deserve such protection.

Her explanation came in a concurring opinion to Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority ruling in United States v. Skrmetti. Justices sometimes write concurrences to add their own thoughts, even if those thoughts don’t create binding legal opinions on their own. They can lay the groundwork for future majority rulings and influence lower courts in the meantime. And though the Trump appointee’s concurrence was only joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, if her reasoning is adopted by a majority of the court in the future, it could further weaken transgender rights.

Barrett noted that, while laws are presumed constitutional and are generally upheld so long as they bear a rational relation to a legitimate goal, there are exceptions to the general rule, such as for classifications based on race and sex. When those so-called suspect classes are at issue, the government faces a greater burden to show why its actions are constitutional. In the Skrmetti case, the majority said Tennessee didn’t have to shoulder that greater burden because, the majority reasoned, the state law didn’t classify people based on sex or transgender status.

Barrett listed multiple reasons why she thinks transgender people don’t deserve this suspect class status. Among other things, she suggested that transgender people have not sufficiently faced a history of legal discrimination like people have faced based on race or sex......

So, while the question of what general legal protections transgender people have wasn’t the main issue in the Skrmetti case, at least three justices appear prepared to rule against them on that broader question, which could make it even more challenging for them to press legal claims in all sorts of cases going forward.

I know that some MAGA types are mad at Barrett for not rubberstamping rulings for trump. This ruling shows why the Federalist Society picked this very conservative asshole to be on the SCOTUS. She may not rubberstamp rulings for trump but she is still an asshole