[Lurking Libertarian]

The Court's Opinion is here. The majority (Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan) wrote a very narrow opinion-- a law saying that no one but clinic staffers and patients can be within 35 feet of the clinic is too broad, because a narrower law could protect the clinics from disruption by protestors. The other four Justices (Kennedy, Scalia, Thomas, Alito) concurred in striking down the law, but would have decided it on much broader grounds-- they say any law that protects only abortion clinics but not other kinds of buildings is always unconstitutional.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Is it just me or have you noticed that Roberts has been successful in lobbying the liberal wing to vote with him?

[fifedom]

The majority (Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan) wrote a very narrow opinion—

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Roberts is turning out badly for conservatives. He is basically a politician trying to make the Supremes look good and not deciding cases on their merit. This is obvious in the Obamacare decision where he knew that they would get major pushback if they invalidated the law. We also saw this in the CA traditional marriage Prop 8 case. Kennedy and the (other) leftists were ready right then and there to declare that the Constitution demands marriage be re-defined. He recruited Scalia and others to dodge the issue by saying that the Prop 8 defenders did not have standing. It’s not that he sees anything wrong with Kennedy’s views but doing it then would make the Supremes look bad so he will just wait a few years until the politics look better.