Overview

• Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s 6-3 majority opinion for President Trump’s administration dismissed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent as “at odds with more than two centuries’ worth of precedent” and accused her of “embracing an imperial Judiciary.”
• Justice Neil Gorsuch repudiated Jackson’s claim that a Medicaid exclusion decision was driven by segregationist motives, labeling her language “extravagant.”
• Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance challenged Barrett’s originalist approach, arguing the Founding Fathers prioritized preventing tyranny over rigid historical interpretation.
• President Trump publicly praised Barrett’s opinion as a landmark win for his administration’s immigration agenda.
• Chief Justice John Roberts sought to calm observers by insisting that disagreements need not signify lasting discord on the Court.