Barrett and Roberts have signaled a willingness to act, at least at times, as a check on Trump's efforts to expand his power.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Trump-appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett sparked a MAGA meltdown Wednesday by siding with three liberal justices to reject the Trump administration’s request to withhold billions of dollars in foreign aid.

With many of President Donald Trump’s executive actions tangled up in the courts, MAGA Republicans have grown angry with Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett for some of her recent rulings, accusing her of being insufficiently loyal to Trump.