Posted on 03/08/2019 7:38:37 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Chief Justice John Roberts’ recent votes with the liberal members of the Supreme Court have given rise to speculation he has become the court’s new swing vote, but court watchers say he has not suddenly moved to the Left.
Instead, the chief justice, 64, now sits at the middle of the court and is working to shield it from accusations the justices are politically motivated, they say.
Analysts characterize Roberts as an institutionalist who cares about protecting the Supreme Court’s reputation, and they note that while he has joined the liberal justices, his votes were primarily on procedural motions rather than the merits of the policies.
If issues like abortion, campaign finance, and affirmative action do come before the court, they don’t expect Roberts to offer any surprises.
“When the rubber hits the road,” Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute said, “his views are clear, and that’s not going to change.”
“I don’t think what we’ve seen so far is early evidence of Roberts moving to the left or evolving,” Shapiro said. “Nor is it Roberts becoming moderate like Kennedy, the true swing vote. It’s just Roberts trying to use his power at the margins with procedural things to shape what kinds of decisions the court ultimately does rule on.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
If he votes with them, he’s one of them.
It’s what he votes that affects us, not *who he is*.
Someone ‘s got pics of him with a dead boy or a live goat.
Voting liberal on Obamacare was not a “procedural” vote.
[[Instead, the chief justice, 64, now sits at the middle of the court and is working to shield it from accusations the justices are politically motivated, they say.]]]]
By becoming, a liberal.
He is not there to protect the SC...he’s there to protect our constitution!!!!!!
I am more interested in hearing that he, Sotomayor, Kagan, and others are going to retire. I’d list Ginsberg but she’s made clear she’s staying until ‘death do us part’.
I read that Roberts conservative rating is about halfway between Kennedy and Thomas. He’s been a disappointment a few times but hardly a liberal.
The “swing vote” on the Supreme Court is the most powerful man in America. The seduction of this power must be awfully hard to resist.
By voting as a partisan? I don't think so!
AS a famous coach once said, “You are what your record shows.”
More concerned about the Court’s reputation than he is about the Constitution.
Why waste your reputation, your life’s works defending and giving
resuscitation to a body involved in destruction.
Reviving such is unhelpful to anyone but Satan himself.
This article does not provide an adequate defense of Traitor Roberts’ votes of late.
Traitor Roberts is a Political Justice.
+1
Clearly a “compromised” man
You cannot convince me that the deep state doesn’t have something on him...And they jerk his chain every single time they need something.
Chief Justice John Roberts is compromised and there is no way you can convince me otherwise.
No liberal justice ever worries about this "problem".
Dick.
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