"Chief Justice Roberts is not pro-Trump, he just thinks Democratic-operated institutions are captured by a corrosive anti-Trump derangement" is a distinction without a difference IMHO
"Some critics say that everything the court does is generally unprincipled and illegitimate, which is not correct."
instead of hand-waving this one away without evidence, we might need to take another look...
I did kinda share Baude's sense of Roberts' smugness that he's convinced himself he's performed an act of civic grace that will save politics from itself
Let's try this
"Bigoted asshole racist shitweasels, unsure how to get away with ANOTHER century of bigoted asshole racist shit, look to the bigoted asshole racist shitheads of historical record for inspiration & guidance on how to be moar bigoted asshole racist shits tomorrow than they are today"