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Roberts's Rules (pretty much explains his decision...)
The Atlantic ^ | January, 2007 | JEFFREY ROSEN

Posted on 07/01/2012 4:55:52 PM PDT by nerdgirl

Some of the least successful chief justices, Roberts suggested, had faltered because they misunderstood the job, approaching it as law professors rather than as leaders of a collegial Court. Harlan Fiske Stone, a former dean of Columbia Law School, was a case in point. Stone “was a failure as chief, because of his misperception of what a chief justice is supposed to be,” Roberts said, gesturing to the justices’ private conference room through an open door of his office. “It’s his desk out there that is separate from the conference table, and he … sat at his desk, and the others were at the table, and he almost called on them and critiqued their performances. They hated that.” Roberts laughed. “As a result, he was a failure as a chief justice.”

In Roberts’s view, the most successful chief justices help their colleagues speak with one voice. Unanimous, or nearly unanimous, decisions are hard to overturn and contribute to the stability of the law and the continuity of the Court; by contrast, closely divided, 5–4 decisions make it harder for the public to respect the Court as an impartial institution that transcends partisan politics.

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: duplicate; healthcare; johnroberts; obamacare; obamacaredecision; roberts; scotus
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To: nerdgirl

He was against it, then switched. What was He offered or promised?


41 posted on 07/01/2012 6:29:52 PM PDT by reefdiver (Shoeless John Roberts, An American Tragedy.)
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To: nerdgirl
Seems he came to believe that the political legitimacy of the Court was being called into question.

Based on what--the court members were all legitimately appointed
42 posted on 07/01/2012 6:32:57 PM PDT by uncbob
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To: X-spurt
Being optimistic, I am beginning to think he was planting a poison pill by declaring it a tax...

Essentially, this has been my assertion since the decision was announced.

For the sake of the republic, I hope we're right...

43 posted on 07/01/2012 6:34:40 PM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: LongWayHome
...Roberts screwd us, ok, period...

Too early to tell IMHO.

Chin up buckaroo!

44 posted on 07/01/2012 6:37:40 PM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: Colonel_Flagg
In the patriot's view, the most successful chief justices help uphold the integrity of the United States Constitution and limit its interpretation strictly to the original intent of its Framers.

We have a Chief Justice, who cares more about building his legacy in the media, then he does through his duty.

The Chief Justice is not a man of integrity, he is not an "Oath keeper"

45 posted on 07/01/2012 6:42:42 PM PDT by Kakaze (I want The Republic back !)
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To: reefdiver

He woke up with horses head in his bed courtesy of Kenyan.


46 posted on 07/01/2012 6:43:14 PM PDT by Leo Carpathian (fffffFRrrreeeepppeeee-ssed!)
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To: jonno

We can agree to disagree:) I woud like to see a constitutional admendment to reverse what Roberts did concerning taxing non-activity.


47 posted on 07/01/2012 6:43:35 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: Tucker39; uncbob

>> “One story I saw stated that the Obamabots got some info that indicated that Roberts cut some corners when he adopted his children from somewhere in South America. That and other threats was all it took for him to bend over and grab his ankles!” <<

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That’s called “Putting the country first.”

He made sure that the country got screwed before he does.


48 posted on 07/01/2012 6:48:01 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they were.)
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To: nerdgirl

I will now cash in my defense of Harriet Miers as being not all that bad. I’ll bet she would have thrown out Obamacare.

Any conservative angry about Roberts’ decision, then, owes GW Bush an apology for all the crap he got.


49 posted on 07/01/2012 6:54:20 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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To: vbmoneyspender

In Heller the opinion of the Court was delivered by Scalia.
That said, Heller upheld the 2nd Amendment over the DC ban, ergo Fed > DC = Fed won.


50 posted on 07/01/2012 6:55:40 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (This Message Contains Privileged Attorney-Client Communications)
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To: Timber Rattler
One of the correspondents, who covers the Supreme Court, said that she had never seen Kennedy as angry as he was this past Thursday morning.

Ever.

51 posted on 07/01/2012 7:01:07 PM PDT by Cyropaedia ("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
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To: MrBambaLaMamba

Roberts voted in favor of Heller and Heller held that gun bans in areas controlled by the feds are unconstitutional. Heller further held that individuals have a 2nd amendment right to keep and bear arms. How on God’s green earth do those rulings expand the power of the federal gov’t?


52 posted on 07/01/2012 7:08:11 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: LongWayHome

Agreed!


53 posted on 07/01/2012 7:37:25 PM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: editor-surveyor

Yes, I was thinking when I hit POST, when HE bent over, WE are the ones who got screwed! Did you notice, every photo they show of him has that same smirk on his face?!


54 posted on 07/01/2012 7:37:36 PM PDT by Tucker39 ( Psa 68:19Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits; even the God of our salvation.KJV)
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To: Pollster1

Roberts — Bush’s fault.


55 posted on 07/01/2012 7:42:35 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Ramius
I will now cash in my defense of Harriet Miers as being not all that bad. I’ll bet she would have thrown out Obamacare.

Alito replaced Miers not Roberts
56 posted on 07/01/2012 7:55:28 PM PDT by uncbob
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To: Paladin2

Strike


57 posted on 07/01/2012 8:00:17 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: nerdgirl

Roberts is a Statist in favor of at least maintaining Federal Power over the States and the peasants.


58 posted on 07/01/2012 8:04:18 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: nerdgirl

I think now I have some idea why he did it.

I’m sticking with the stupid or evil explaination. The dereliction of duty for philosophical reasons excuse is just another version of the stupid explaination.


59 posted on 07/01/2012 8:04:29 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: Popman

Roberts said, that personal trust in the chief justice’s lack of an ideological agenda was very important,

The concept that the plain reading of the US Constittion is the law of the land isn’t an ideological agenda.


60 posted on 07/01/2012 8:09:00 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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