MAGA targets Coney Barrett after she rules against Trump

MAGA Republicans are taking aim at Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett after she ruled against President Donald Trump in a case concerning the administration's requirement to unfreeze federal funds.

-  Kelly Rissman, The Independent

In a 5-4 decision on Wednesday, Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts joined liberal justices Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson to uphold a lower court ruling mandating the Trump administration to pay out nearly $2 billion in payments to U.S. Agency for International Development contractors. When she was first nominated, conservative groups praised Trump's pick to replace the late liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Now, she’s become persona non grata among Trump's allies, who have branded the former law professor and circuit judge as “evil” and a diversity, equity, and inclusion hire. The Independent has reached out to the Supreme Court for comment.

“She is evil, chosen solely because she checked identity politics boxes,” conservative media personality Mike Cernovich posted on X. “another DEI hire. It always ends badly.” When confirmed, she became the fifth woman to ever serve on the bench.