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Why MAGA Is Furious with Amy Coney Barrett
Justice Amy Coney Barrett is seen on March 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
The fight over the justice is really a fight for the future of legal conservatism.
By Jed Rubenfeld
03.18.25 — U.S. Politics
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The eruption came two weeks ago, when she joined Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson in refusing to issue an emergency ruling—one way or the other—on a lower court order requiring the Trump administration to pay two billion dollars in USAID grants.

For this sin, Trump’s online base went scorched earth on Amy Coney Barrett. Mike Cernovich told his 1.4 million X followers that she was “evil.” On Steve Bannon’s War Room, the justice was politely described as a “rattled law professor with her head up her ass.” And on and on.

Why such rage?

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Jed Rubenfeld
Jed Rubenfeld is a professor of constitutional law at Yale Law School, a free speech lawyer, and host of the Straight Down the Middle podcast. He is the author of five books, including the million-copy bestselling novel The Interpretation of Murder, and his work has been translated into over thirty languages. He lives with his wife, Amy Chua, in New York City, and is the proud father of two exceptional daughters, Sophia and Lulu.
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