Rehnquist was a much better Chief Justice and human body. He was just dealt a bad hand in terms of the associate justices. Roberts is a smarter Warren Burger. I do not mean that as a compliment.
*human being. Bad typo.
And for anyone who doesn’t get the Warren Burger reference, I’m saying Roberts is a pompous jerk like Burger was, but with brains enough not to let it impact his ability to manipulate the justices to get outcomes he desired. He sucks bigly.