Amy Coney Barrett hailed as a 'liberal' over disagreement with some points on Trump’s immunity ruling

Justice Amy Coney Barrett referred to Trump’s election subversion case while clarifying the difference between a private act and an official conduct
PUBLISHED JUL 2, 2024
Amy Coney Barrett was appointed by Donald Trump (Getty Images)
Amy Coney Barrett was appointed by Donald Trump (Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: Donald Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett agreed on most points with other judges on former president Donald Trump’s immunity ruling but there were a few few points she disagreed on.

The 6-3 decision came on July 1 as Chief Justice John Roberts reportedly said, "This case is the first criminal prosecution in our Nation’s history of a former President for actions taken during his Presidency. We are called upon to consider whether and under what circumstances such a prosecution must succeed."

"We conclude that under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power requires that a former President have some immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts during his tenure in office," Roberts added.

However, there were a few points on which Barrett did not agree and united with Justice Sonia Sotomayor, as reported by MEDIA ITE.

Amy Coney Barrett shares lengthy argument

Barrett noted, “I do not join Part III–C, however, which holds that the Constitution limits the introduction of protected conduct as evidence in a criminal prosecution of a President, beyond the limits afforded by executive privilege. …”

Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on April 23, 2021. Seated from left: Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left: Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. (Photo by Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images)
Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on April 23, 2021. Seated from left: Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left: Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. (Photo by Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images)

She continued, “The Constitution does not require blinding juries to the circumstances surrounding conduct for which Presidents can be held liable. …[E]xcluding from trial any mention of the official act connected to the bribe would hamstring the prosecution.”

“To make sense of charges alleging a quid pro quo, the jury must be allowed to hear about both the quid and the quo, even if the quo, standing alone, could not be a basis for the President’s criminal liability,” she added.

Amy Coney Barrett mentions the limit of presidential immunity

Besides, Barrett also referred to the 45th president’s election subversion case while clarifying the difference between a private act and an official conduct.

She wrote, “Sorting private from official conduct sometimes will be difficult — but not always. Take the President’s alleged attempt to organize alternative slates of electors. In my view, that conduct is private and therefore not entitled to protection.”

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 26: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) arrives to introduce 7th U.S. Circuit
Amy Coney Barrett shared her opinion on Donald Trump's immunity ruling (Getty Images)

“President has no legal authority — and thus no official capacity — to influence how the States appoint their electors. I see no plausible argument for barring prosecution of that alleged conduct,” Barrett asserted.

Netizens say Amy Coney Barrett is ‘100% correct on this point’

Meanwhile, people online have praised Justice Amy Coney Barrett for her take as an X user tweeted, “She's becoming liberal before our very eyes.”



 



 

The second user commented, “Good to hear. Yes!”



 

The third user posted, “Some measure of honesty and reality seems to have crept into the mind of one new member of the Supreme Court.  But it is unlikely it will mitigate the large number of her prior dangerous votes.”

A reader below the MEDIA ITE article said, “She is 100% correct on this point.”

Another reader added, “Firstly -- she should not be in the Supreme Court. She is unqualified, so is the boouffer Kavanaugh. Clarence and Alito must resign immediately or face the music. however, on this she is right. So weird.”

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