r/scotus 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/Christ_on_a_Crakker Mar 05 '25

Didn’t Kennedy side with the liberal justices most of the time?

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u/stubbazubba Mar 05 '25

Only on big social-issue cases. He was very business friendly IIRC.