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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kelly Rissman

MAGA targets Justice Amy Coney Barrett after she rules against Trump

MAGA Republicans are taking aim at Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett after she ruled against President Donald Trump in a case concerning the administration’s requirement to unfreeze federal funds.

In a 5-4 decision on Wednesday, Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts joined liberal justices Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson to uphold a lower court ruling mandating the Trump administration to pay out nearly $2 billion in payments to U.S. Agency for International Development contractors.

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