Justice Barrett Fires Back on Constitutional Crisis

Yesterday we told you about rogue activist judges criticizing the Supreme Court for overturning nationwide injunctions and ruling in favor of the Trump Administration. Now, one of the Supreme Court Justices has a rebuttal.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett made a public appearance at Lincoln Center to be interviewed by Bari Weiss, founder of the media outlet The Free Press. The Justice is making the rounds to plug her new book, Listening to the Law. While speaking, Barrett took on the claims of activist lower court judges who claim our country is facing a constitutional crisis.

As reported:

Is the country in a constitutional crisis? Not according to Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

“Look, I think the Constitution is alive and well,” Barrett said Thursday at an event to promote her new book, Listening to the Law. She cast aside concerns by legal scholars over the ongoing clash between the Trump administration and the courts.

“I don’t know what a constitutional crisis would look like,” Barrett, who was appointed by Trump in 2020, added. “I think that our country remains committed to the rule of law. I think we have functioning courts. I think a constitutional crisis — we would clearly be in one if the rule of law crumbles. But that is not the place where we are.”

Justice Barrett has developed a reputation for not just immediately siding with the President, which makes it all the more foolish that Norah O’Donnell of CBS News tried to paint her as a token woman who would simply rule however the Trump Administration dictates. Her record has already shown that not to be the case – sometimes to the chagrin of Trump himself. In fact Justice Barrett called out such claims, reminding everyone the Supreme Court has a duty to uphold the Constitution of the United States for all of the American people – not to just appease one side or the other:

I want Americans to understand the law and that it’s not just an opinion poll about whether the Supreme Court thinks something is good or whether the Supreme Court thinks something is bad. What the Court is trying to do is see what the American people have decided. . . . The Court should not be imposing its own values on the American people.

Barrett offers a stark contrast  to other Justices, such as Biden-pick Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who recently told ABC News: “The best part [of the job] is the privilege of having the opportunity to be in this position at this moment . . . being able to articulate my views with respect to the law.” With all due respect to Justice Brown, that’s not how it works. The job of a Supreme Court Justice is to uphold the Constitution of the United States, not force their opinions on the American people.

The term “constitutional crisis” has been thrown around far too casually in recent days and years. A true crisis would mean the collapse of the rule of law — not simply the Court making decisions that split public opinion. Barrett’s steady pushback reminds Americans that disagreement isn’t dysfunction; it’s part of the design. I hope her words serve as a needed reminder that the Supreme Court remains, as the Constitution intended, an independent branch of government.

Today’s Sekulow broadcast included more analysis of Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s remarks, a discussion of Senator Tim Kaine’s (VA) questioning of God as the source of “unalienable rights” in America and his comparison of the Declaration of Independence to Iran’s Islamic law. It’s hard to believe this man could have been a heartbeat away from the presidency as Hillary Clinton’s running mate in 2016. Also, former Acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell reacted to President Trump’s decision to rename the Department of Defense.

Watch the full broadcast below: