The Amy Coney Barrett Problem Reared Its Ugly Head Again

Matt Vespa / Townhall Tipsheet 

 

In 2020, Justice Amy Coney Barrett was seen as a cultural victory for conservatives: she was young, conservative, Catholic, and the opposite of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose vacancy she was filling. It was viewed as a return to constitutionalism, or so we thought. Six years later, Barrett’s record has been mixed at best, although some have called it a total disaster. She's not alone: Chief Justice John Roberts also joined the liberal wing, though his record of disappointment is a bit longer than Barrett's. It's the first time Roberts and Barrett have joined the three stooges on the Left here:

The Watson v. RNC ruling was the latest example, where the Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that Mississippi’s law on mail-in ballots, which allows them to be received and counted up to five days after Election Day as long as they are postmarked on that day, does not violate federal standards on what constitutes Election Day. Challengers argued that these ballots must be received by Election Day; Coney joined the liberal wing on this issue (via SCOTUSBlog): Read more, and see Xs here.