In recent months, Barrett has had open spats with Justice Clarence Thomas, the court's most conservative member—even interrupting Thomas' pro–gun lobby questions during oral arguments in United States v. Rahimi to read from a barring order Rahimi's former girlfriend had obtained from a Texas court, which detailed his violence toward her.

But the writer was a conservative nominated by President Donald Trump: Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who charted a distinctive path during her breakout fourth term on the high court. With piercing questions from the bench,