But WHY would he switch?? The healthcare bill was pretty much a no-brainer given one’s contitutional beliefs. And his written opinion is just weird. Not to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but something underhanded happened.
But WHY would he switch??
***A combination of things, most likely. Here’s just a start:
Roberts is a wuss, so if zer0bama threatened him, he’d fold.
Roberts values being a scotus justice more than he values the constitution.
zer0bama has goons that could have gotten to him.
The guy probably would fold if he was only threatened with having a reduced air conditioning budget.
Once justices go into the mindwarp zone of DC, they lose their constitutionalist perspective and their respect for the law.
Roberts dislikes confrontation with the executive branch.
SCOTUS and Roberts are, in fact, part of the government. And, history and the evidence shows that in the long term, SCOTUS will not stand in the way of the expansion of the power of the government as it is part of that system.
Roberts’ action was consistent with this premise.