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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ariana Baio

Breaking ranks: Justice Amy Coney Barrett defies Supreme Court conservatives to back environmental protections

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Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett split from her conservative colleagues on a Thusday ruling against the Environmental Protection Agency, in a move that is becoming increasingly more common for the Donald Trump appointee.

Barrett joined liberal justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in dissenting from the conservative majority’s decision to block an environmental rule that aimed to reduce air pollution across states.

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