I’m amazed that anyone thinks it’s more likely that Roberts is somehow being blackmailed to vote with liberals SOMETIMES (even though he’s outraged them on many major rulings) than it is that he’s just a self-important twit with a cockamamie judicial philosophy.
If Clarence Thomas suddenly turned “moderate” there could be an argument for that but is Roberts Lucifer fallen from heaven? No, he’s a guy who’s conservative bonafides were in question from the start.
There’s something to be said in favor of avoiding .... overturning decisions by 5-4. As 6-3 is better, but if they don’t have six votes:
Get one liberal to join him in a middle ground 3-3-3 breakdown .... 3 Judges for partial overturn.
Or 2-5-2. With 2 libs.
Can’t guess if Roberts will succeed in getting 1 of the libs to give up their pure leftism.