I think it is hilarious that any reporter ever took the idea that Roberts is deeply concerned about the court's reputation. Or his own, for that matter. He never gave a fuck.
on the contrary, I think he absolutely did. he was playing the long game to get us where we were today and now he’s cashing in the goodwill that a credulous press and legal establishment gave him
Absolutely. I still cannot process Roberts twice sitting in the Senate as the judge presiding over the High Court of Impeachment. All I could see was Citizens United v. FEC and wonder how much money was his wife earning.
No, I think he did, or thought he did. Not that you're wrong, exactly, but I don't think he would have done this even five years ago, even if he (with whatever degree of self-consciousness) really wanted to. As with so many over the past decade, he always had the seed in him. It's flowering.
I mean, he has been, but only to the extent necessary to prevent the loss of power. That's the purpose of it.
Obergefell or only-partly gutting the ACA were the t-bone steaks thrown by a cartoon bandit to the guard dogs to keep them from defending the house.
