Justice Barrett Says Trump Barbs a Dance 'We've Seen Before'

"Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett downplayed President Donald Trump’s sharp barbs directed at federal judges, telling a New York crowd that US presidents have a long history of criticizing the judiciary.

Barrett appeared on stage Thursday night at Lincoln Center, where she was promoting her new book and spent an hour fielding questions from Bari Weiss, a conservative journalist and podcaster. Barrett sidestepped controversial answers, including when Weiss pressed her on Trump’s harsh criticism of judges who rule against his policies.

Trump’s wave of policies testing the bounds of presidential power has been met with a deluge of lawsuits, many of which have ended up on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket. Federal judges overseeing challenges to Trump’s executive orders around the US have faced a spike in death threats and other harassment in recent months.

“Conflicts between a president and the judiciary are not new,” said Barrett, citing former presidents who clashed with judges, Andrew Jackson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. “This is a dance that we’ve seen before.”

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