Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is the target of new ire from President Trump’s most fervent supporters after she bucked his position on a key case earlier this week.

Barrett joined — albeit only in part — a dissenting opinion penned by liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday. The case revolves around the highly controversial claim from the Trump administration that it is entitled to deport Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

The debate within the high court revolved around what the correct location was for the case being made on behalf of some of the detainees.

But Sotomayor left no real doubt about her disagreement with the underlying policy.

Barrett joined a part of her colleague’s dissent that noted “the Government cannot usher any detainees, including plaintiffs, onto planes in a shroud of secrecy, as it did on March 15, 2025.”

Regardless of the finer points of the legal arguments, the mere fact of Barrett’s position was enough to elicit vocal dismay from Trump loyalists.

On social media, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) pronounced her position “disappointing,” a message that was then amplified by Elon Musk in characteristically inflammatory style.

“Suicidal empathy is a civilizational risk,” Musk opined.

Reaction from MAGA-friendly social media figures was even more shrill.

Rogan O’Handley, who is better known by his handle on the social platform X, @DC_Draino, accused Barrett of having joined the Court’s three liberal justices in a bid “to keep cartels here in........

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