In January, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to lift a nationwide injunction on the proposal while the case played out in federal appeals court. Then in April, the Supreme Court denied a request from New York and other states to block the rule during the pandemic, allowing it to take effect.
This is why it is intellectually lazy to call Roberts a "liberal".
No American liberal in 2020 will allow this or vote for this policy. This would go against the very fiber of every liberal's DNA. No liberal would rule this way, especially during a pandemic.
Roberts is at best an institutionalist, at worst an unreliable conservative. He is NOT a liberal.
“This is why it is intellectually lazy to call Roberts a “liberal”.”
Ok. Inconsistant, squishy, and easily swayed. (And perhaps blackmailed.)
Maybe if another conservative comes on board he will be more inclined to go with the crowd.