Barrett Hints at a Trump-Friendly Tilt in Upcoming Court Battles

A Georgetown law scholar argues Justice Amy Coney Barrett quietly joined Justice Clarence Thomas on a Margolin concurrence, a move he calls a potentially ominous signal that Barrett may lean toward the Trump administration in a wave of upcoming immigration- and grant-termination-related cases on the Supreme Court docket, signaling a shift from her previously more centrist approach and underscoring her pivotal role in deciding these contentious matters.