"I think Roberts knew he needed to side with Thomas and Scalia no matter what. ;)"
You're saying that someone with impeccable background and credentials would not decide based on the law, but on being in the right club? Astonishing.
I'm saying with how politicized the court is now, and how many social conservatives (even on this thread), what do you think would have been the reaction had Roberts sided with the majority on this?
Soon you will be astonished. After Alito -just one more to go...