Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett faces backlash from Trump supporters

TUPELO, Miss. — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has come under fire after voting against President Trump’s effort to freeze close to $2 billion in foreign aid. Barrett’s vote against this effort and others recently led Trump supporters to believe that she is not always guaranteed to have a conservative vote.

Phillip Jauregui, senior counsel at AFA Action’s Center for Judicial Renewal, responded to the criticism that Barrett has received and is hopeful Barrett embraces the truth that justice has no power to protect itself.

“Many Americans are frustrated with Justice Amy Coney Barrett because hopes were so high when she was nominated as the result of her substantial writings and known judicial philosophy as a law professor,” said Jauregui. “Every constitutionalist loved her record. So, what happened? At times Barrett’s rulings manifest as the opposite of judicial activism — which is judicial passivism. But our justice system demands judges who engage with wisdom, who are neither activist nor passivist. Judges who seek to avoid, dodge or delay, serve the cause of passivism and fail to manifest justice. British statesman William Gladstone properly observed that ‘justice delayed is justice denied.’ Thankfully, Justice Barrett is not a judicial activist. However, we pray that Barrett embraces the truth that justice has no power to protect itself. It must be defended by Supreme Court Justices who engage and are neither activist nor passivist.”

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