So we’ve now seen enough to conclude that Roberts is the new swing vote. I wonder if we’ve ever had a Chief Justice who was also the swing vote. It’s quite a powerful position to be in. Probably what Roberts has been coveting all along.
The silver lining is that Kavanaugh came down to the right of Roberts, thereby ceding the swing vote to him. I was concerned that Kavanaugh might have coveted the swing vote for himself.