"Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined New York Times columnist Ross Douthat Thursday on his podcast, Interesting Times. Douthat and Justice Barrett covered a wide range of topics, including how Barrett sees the job and whether or not she has any ambition to be an icon like her predecessor on the court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Barrett made clear she has no interest in being a cultural icon and sees her work as being solitary."
"He added: The Supreme Court does not command the power of the purse, doesn't command the military, doesn't have police powers. What it has, in a sense, is prestige, public support, a historic constitutional role. And we're in a moment and we don't have to make this specific to the Trump White House when it's very easy to imagine, from either the left or the right, some present or future president deciding to test the court, Andrew Jackson-style, saying: Interesting ruling, Justice Barrett."
Amy Coney Barrett rejects being a cultural icon and characterizes her judicial work as solitary. The expansion of unitary executive theory is identified as shifting power toward the presidency and away from the legislative and judicial branches. The Supreme Court lacks control of the purse, military, and police powers, relying instead on prestige, public support, and constitutional status for enforcement. A credible risk exists that a present or future president could test the Court by refusing to enforce rulings, which requires the Court to consider long-term institutional dynamics and the balance of powers between branches.
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