Roberts must now be considered a liberal justice. No way around that. We are now officially outnumbered on the bench.
It seems as though, with great concern for his legacy, Roberts reads the future of the court as a progressive institution and he is determined t lead it. We now have a five / four progressive court where the majority will search for arguments to legitimize progressive laws.
Now, rhetoric aside, the progressives see the advantage the party in power can benefit by Citizens United. The legislature can use taxing power to coerce individual behavior. Look for a rush of corporate money to elect progressives and gain benefit from Obamacare.
Roberts is merely an opportunist.
In Obama’s second term we can all be required to purchase Chevy Volts or pay a tax. It’s just a tax so it’s constitutional to do that. I’m thinking GM stock should go up today.