In an article published Tuesday, a writer for the conservative news outlet The Federalist said that Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative associate justice of the Supreme Court, "doesn’t appear eager to address every major constitutional question that comes to the Court so early in her SCOTUS career."
Citing a New York Times report, Shawn Fleetwood, a staff writer for the publication, said, "What is becoming clear, as further indicated by the Times report, is that Barrett is a justice who’s still finding her way on the nation’s highest court."
"While she has demonstrated an ability to adhere to originalist doctrine, her unwillingness to employ it consistently and hear cases that require its immediate application raise questions about what the remainder of her SCOTUS career will look like," he added.
The Times piece published last week noted that President Donald Trump is attacking the judiciary and testing the Constitution, adding, "Justice Barrett, appointed to clinch a 50-year conservative legal revolution, is showing signs of leftward drift."
"She has become the Republican-appointed justice most likely to be in the majority in decisions that reach a liberal outcome, according to a new analysis of her record prepared for The New York Times," the report noted.
"Justice Barrett could be one of the few people in the country to check the actions of the president," the Times piece said.
In his article Tuesday, The Federalist author accused Barrett of being "reluctant" to shut down cases challenging Trump's executive actions, saying that this inaction is "troubling" and it "delegitimizes" Trump voters.
"Aside from [Justices Clarence] Thomas and [Samuel] Alito, the other justices (including Barrett) have been reluctant to shut down this unconstitutional power grab. Every day the Court chooses not to act is another day the votes of Americans who voted for Trump are delegitimized," Fleetwood wrote.
"America needs Supreme Court justices who will faithfully uphold its Constitution as written — not politicians who make judicial decisions based on what looks good for their careers or policy preferences," he added.