Prominent legal conservatives on Friday sought to tamp down a wave of sudden criticism directed at Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett over her vote to reject President Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett has joined Chief Justice John Roberts as the "conservative" members of the Supreme Court most likely to side with its liberal wing. The most recent example was this week when Roberts and Barrett joined with Justices Sonia Sotomayor,

Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s vote this week to reject President Trump’s freeze on foreign aid could signal a new era in the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence — one that she could help shape alongside Chief Justice Roberts.

Barrett drew immediate backlash for—along with Chief Justice John Roberts—voting with the court's liberal wing against Trump.