Which is odd since if SCOTUS wanted to re-gain some honor, they would hear all the facts and rid themselves of two dis-honorable justices in the process.
Four conservative justices and one now-retired liberal justice have all done some bizarre things in association with Obama’s presidency, as if they were dragged along against their will.
So have a number of judges in the eligibility cases - ethics violations which they had to know would be obvious and could actually get them disbarred.
As has Dick Cheney.
I think there’s more to this story than meets the eye.
I think the answer to your query is the photo(on FR) of Obama comfortably being palsy-walsy with SC justices in Robert’s chambers. I think this was before the election and when there were legal cases against Obama which might have come before the SCOTUSA. Hearing now of Robert’s oil investments makes me wonder.