Conservatives with high expectations anxious for Justice Amy Coney Barrett to show her hand
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter
Updated 7:00 AM ET, Wed March 24, 2021
(CNN) - Some conservatives who pushed and prodded for the Senate to quickly confirm Amy Coney Barrett to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court last fall are rattled by what they have seen so far.
Barrett has only been on the bench since late October, providing an exceedingly small sample size, but her votes not backing President Donald Trump in attempting to overturn the 2020 election as well as a mixed ruling in a clash between houses of worship and California have brought concern to some who heralded her nomination.
The nervousness so early in her tenure reveals more about the high hopes of the conservative movement that has finally obtained a 6-3 majority than it does about Barrett's own jurisprudence.
"You have a lot of people in the conservative movement who are so far disappointed and a little despondent about those votes," said Kelly Shackelford, president of the First Liberty Institute -- a group dedicated to defending religious liberty.
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