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Conservatives are reeling aft Trump-appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined wide justices, dissenting successful a 5-4 Supreme Court determination to let President Donald Trump's medication to deport Venezuelan nationals nether the 1789 Alien Enemies Act.
Republicans person celebrated the Supreme Court's ruling that allows the Trump medication nether the wartime migration instrumentality to deport Venezuelan nationals, whom the White House maintains are Tren de Aragua pack members and terrorists. Since the ruling, conservatives person flooded societal media with discontent astatine Barrett for siding with Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissent.
"This is disappointing," Trump state Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said connected his idiosyncratic X account, reacting to Barrett joining the 3 wide justices successful ruling against Trump's deportations.
Responding to Lee's disappointment, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) person Elon Musk piled connected the Barrett critique successful an X post: "Suicidal empathy is simply a civilizational risk."
SUPREME COURT GRANTS TRUMP REQUEST TO LIFT STAY HALTING VENEZUELAN DEPORTATIONS
Justice Amy Coney Barrett attends President Donald Trump's code to a associated league of Congress astatine the U.S. Capitol connected March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
"While this Supreme Court triumph for Trump allowing him to deport cartels is huge, it was lone a 5-4 decision. Guess who joined the 3 wide Justices to support cartels present successful America? Amy Coney Barrett," blimpish influencer Rogan O’Handley, known arsenic DC Draino connected X, said successful a post.
Members of the Supreme Court airs for their authoritative representation connected Oct. 7, 2022, successful Washington. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
LindellTV White House newsman Cara Castronuova asked White House property caput Karoline Leavitt astir Barrett's "decision to spell with the liberals, and to spell really with the Tren de Araguas" during Tuesday's White House property briefing. Leavitt did not code Barrett's ballot straight but said the medication wished it was a unanimous decision.
"We judge this was a monolithic victory," Leavitt replied. "Certainly, we privation this was a 9-0 determination due to the fact that we firmly judge the president was good wrong his law authorization and the Supreme Court made that precise wide past night."
Press caput Karoline Leavitt speaks during the regular briefing astatine the White House connected March 17, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
Barrett is nary alien to the ire of Republicans, peculiarly Trump's astir loyal base, arsenic this isn't the archetypal clip she's bucked her blimpish justices since joining the bulk connected the nation's highest court. She delivered a crisp dissent against a 6-3 ruling successful 2024 that said the Justice Department went excessively acold successful charging Jan. 6 rioters astatine the U.S. Capitol with obstruction.
The Supreme Court connected Monday granted Trump's petition to vacate a little court's ruling that barred the Trump medication from invoking the 1789 Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan nationals from the United States. The enactment allows the United States to region "dangerous" immigrants during times of war. At slightest 261 migrants were deported past month, including much than 100 Venezuelans specifically nether the 1789 law.
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Fox News Digital's Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.
Deirdre Heavey is simply a authorities writer for Fox News Digital.
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