Summary

Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the Supreme Court’s three liberal justices to co-sign key parts of Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s blistering dissent in a 5-4 ruling allowing Trump to resume deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

The four female justices warned the deportations could ā€œhave life or death consequencesā€ for detainees sent to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison without judicial review.

Right-wing figures erupted, branding Barrett a ā€œDEI hireā€ and ā€œdisgraceful.ā€

Influencers like Mike Cernovich and Charlie Kirk accused her of betraying conservative values despite past praise.

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    16 days ago

    Right-wing figures erupted, branding Barrett a ā€œDEI hireā€ and ā€œdisgraceful.ā€

    Honestly a good thing…

    Very visible ā€œfirst they came forā€ moment. It’s not huge, but for some reason everyone is desperate to make excuses for why white women keep voting for trump, this will hurt Republicans numbers with that demographic more than parading around Liz Cheney

    I’d like to see Dems run with this and highlight how the second the right doesn’t need you, you’re one of ā€œthemā€.