I think Roberts should have said look: you have taxing power, but you messed up this case by not making that clear. Bring this back as a tax & we will hear it again. That’s pretty much what the 4 consevative judges said. If Roberts did that there woud have been no major change in current tax policy. I stand with the 4 conservative judges who found a simple way to toss this mess away, but for vnity of Roberts who wanted HIS court to seem fair. Shameful.
I also wish that it had been struck down. I don’t think that disagreeing with me is shameful.
I myself hesitate to complain about a lawyers knowledge of law unless they pretty far in left field, (pun intended).
It wasn’t vanity— it was fear. Much written about his llth hour conversion, and will be discussed for years from now by the other justices. Chicago way— threaten the Chief Justice.