Interesting essay on Chief Justice Roberts -- and conservative dislike of him -- from @whignewtons.
One point I would add is how much what a number of conservatives want in a Chief Justice has changed a lot since 2005.
Quick thread.https://www.deseret.com/2021/6/22/22544121/john-roberts-the-man-in-the-middle-supreme-court-chief-justice-aca-abortion-roe-v-wade-kavanaugh …
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In 2005, it was still the case that a very common view on the right was that the Supreme Court's role should be narrow. Roberts' focus on judicial restraint was a popular view in conservative legal circles.
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It’s remarkable he’s seen as a squish. I get the tax opinion in ACA was not the most polished, but the Commerce Clause holding was not exactly timid—we’ll see if it has legs. But overall he’s been genuinely conservative in the fashion he suggested he would be.
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King v Burwell was wholly unprincipled.
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