What can I tell you? Roberts didn’t criticize Obama because he was afraid of him.
Does he actually know that Scalia died of natural causes? No.
Does he know that President Trump isn’t dangerous to the court, or to the rule of law? Yes.OTOH the courts all pretend that none of them are anything but apolitical. It is de riguer. I refer you to the Bush v. Gore case, in which - notwithstanding the best efforts of the Supreme Court of Florida - SCOTUS found that Bush won Florida fair and square.
The majority in that case knew perfectly well that the Supreme Court of Florida had its thumb on the scales for Gore. That’s why they decided as they did. But the last thing they wanted (after seeing Gore wrongly win) was to admit that the Supreme Court of Florida was cooking the books. Which is why they famously warned against anyone ever citing Bush v. Gore as precedent.
The fact that Justice Roberts feels free to criticize Trump for telling the truth about the Ninth Circus is a sign of the health of the Republic.
Even if the fact that Mr. Trump was correct is not.
Ping.