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MAGA melts down after 'traitor' Kavanaugh defies Trump

President Donald Trump greets Supreme Court justices after addressing a joint session of Congress, March 4, 2025. Image via Screengrab / PBS.

MAGA’s Supreme Court Loyalty Test Was Always About Power

One Ruling, Instant Betrayal

Brett Kavanaugh declined to send Missouri’s emergency redistricting dispute to the full Supreme Court, leaving in place—for now—a ruling against a Republican map designed to produce a 7–1 congressional advantage. That was enough for pro-Trump commentators and MAGA accounts to brand a justice appointed by Donald Trump a “traitor” and declare the Court “compromised.”

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