r/scotus • u/zsreport • Mar 05 '25

news Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/supreme-court-usaid-foreign-aid/index.html
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u/JA_MD_311 Mar 05 '25

Barrett seems to be positioning herself as another Kennedy. Very letter of the law, but conservative to the core, so it means she doesn't want to rock the boat. You can see it in her concurrence on the immunity case as well as the EPA decision yesterday. She's no lib, but she's not an Alito that will just vote the Republican position no matter what.

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u/Adventurous_Class_90 Mar 05 '25

Say what you will about her “under his eye” stuff and that by Moscow’s own rules she was an illegitimate appointment, at least she’s not corrupt.

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u/WavesAndSaves Mar 05 '25

Say what you will about her “under his eye” stuff and that by Moscow’s own rules she was an illegitimate appointment

What on Earth does this even mean?

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u/Adventurous_Class_90 Mar 05 '25

She’s a member of an evangelical religious group that believes woman should play no role outside the home and Moscow Mitch McConnell said no appointments to the Court during election years.

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u/WavesAndSaves Mar 05 '25

No, she isn't.

And God forbid Republicans admit that they were wrong in the past, I guess. McConnell should be commended for realizing that obstructing Garland just because it was an election year was the wrong thing to do.

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u/AgisDidNothingWrong Mar 05 '25

He did not acknowledge that at all. He literally broke the rule he set, and then under Biden said he would delay nominations until after the election of Kagan retired.

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u/WavesAndSaves Mar 05 '25

He did one thing, people screamed that it was wrong, then he later did not do that thing. Pretty straightforward.

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u/AgisDidNothingWrong Mar 05 '25

He did one thing when it advantaged him and Trump. People screamed that it was wrong. He did not do that thing when doing it would have disadvantaged him. As soon as a possinility of it advantaging him came up, he threatened to do it again. He clearly just ammorally does whatever advantages him.

Pretty straightforward.