Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has fallen out of favor with the MAGA movement after casting a pivotal vote against President Trump's freeze on foreign aid spending.
Barrett's rise to the court in 2020 was seen as solidifying a conservative majority, but Barrett has since sided with the liberal wing in a number of key disputes impacting Trump and his agenda.
While Barrett's so-called independent streak has won praise in the liberal press, she's facing backlash from Trump's supporters over her perceived disloyalty to the president.
Trump nominated Barrett to replace liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died in the midst of the heated 2020 presidential campaign. Democrats condemned Barrett's rushed confirmation as an unscrupulous power grab and Barrett, at the time, was painted by liberal critics as a rubber stamp for a shadowy, extreme agenda.
But Barrett's mixed record on the bench has been a pleasant surprise to the left, while leaving many on the right disappointed.
Barrett provoked fresh outrage this week when she rejected Trump's request to freeze $2 billion in foreign aid.
Justice Samuel Alito, one of the court's most reliable conservatives, condemned the 5-4 ruling as a grave constitutional error that rewarded "judicial hubris" from the Biden-appointed district court judge who ordered Trump to pay up.
Barrett's role in the case led to furious reactions online, with pro-Trump activists, such as Jack Posobiec, calling her a DEI hire.
Barrett's role in thwarting Trump's agenda comes after she supported, to varying degrees, efforts to prosecute Trump and his supporters.
She objected to the scope of presidential immunity granted by her conservative colleagues in a landmark case brought by Trump last year. Barrett's comments provided a roadmap for prosecutor Jack Smith in his failed efforts to imprison Trump.
Barrett also dissented when the court narrowed the Justice Department's sweeping prosecution of January 6th defendants on obstruction charges. She accused her conservative colleagues of performing "textual backflips" to limit charges of obstruction of an official proceeding.
Along with Chief Justice John Roberts, Barrett also declined to block President Trump's criminal sentencing for "falsifying business records" just days before his inauguration in January.
Of course, Barrett has her defenders on the right, who point to her role in helping to overturn Roe v. Wade. Still, her overall record has made it clear that she cannot be counted on to support Trump and his MAGA initiatives.
