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Opinion: Barrett’s recusal signals hope for rule of law at the Supreme Court

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Frida Ghitis : It seems that hardly a day goes by, or maybe even an hour, without President Trump issuing another executive order.

She says we hope that the Supreme Court will be the backstop to at least some of Trump ’s most extreme measures.

Ghitis says Amy Coney Barrett is probably the likeliest defector, having disagreed with other conservatives in two of Trump 's 2024 election cases.

She recently recused herself from an Establishment Clause case over public funding for religious charter schools.

Perhaps it seems that I have only suggested rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic , but even that can be useful if they get in the way of the lifeboats. Steven Lubet is the Williams Memorial Professor Emeritus at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law . Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill ..

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