There were some “irregularities” with the adoption of his two kids.
He was compromised by that. The threat to have his kids deported due to the irregularities was all it took.
I never bought that argument as to why Roberts ruled “oddly” on Obamacare.
If those irregularities would have come out at the time of the court review. I don’t think it would have been a “big deal” if revealed. Embarrassing to some extent, force him to resign, devastating enough to make him be blackmail-able ? No! Reasons:
A) It would have obviously what someone was trying to do - influence he decision. That’s PR that could have easily blown back negatively on ZeroWorld.,
B) Sympathy - the would have been a great deal of public sympathy for Roberts & wife. “They’re trying to have a family and this is the only way they could do it.” would have a been a great PR case to make.
Anyway now those kids are pretty much adults and don’t think such information would have much more currency.
I think his odd reasoning is due to something else. I have no idea what!