How John Roberts Went Full MAGA
A revealing article in The New York Times details how the chief justice put his thumb on the scale for Trump to keep him on the ballot and out of jail.
Chief Justice John Roberts targeted by Supreme Court leak
Chief Justice John Roberts became the target of the latest batch of leaks related to the Supreme Court this week, prompting criticism from center-left commentators about Roberts’s apparent efforts to find consensus on cases involving former President Donald Trump.
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John Roberts’ MAGA conversion: How Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court in his image
The Times notes that he had originally assigned the opinion to be written by Justice Samuel Alito. But, after the revelation that Alito had flown an American flag upside down to symbolize solidarity with those who had stormed the capital, Robert again sprang into action. He benched Alito and wrote the opinion favoring the insurrectionists himself.
Chief Justice John Roberts Almost Had Me Fooled
Kudos to The New York Times for its reporting on how exactly he put the thumb on the scale in Trump's immunity case.
The Left comes for John Roberts
Last February,” the story begins, “Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. sent his eight Supreme Court colleagues a confidential memo that radiated frustration and certainty.” A confidential memo you say?
John Roberts, Protector of the Presidency
He has turned out to be something grander — a defender of the presidency unrivaled in the history of the federal judiciary. That is the impression we take from the Times’s latest foray into the supposed perfidy of the Roberts Court.
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John Roberts Gets His Turn in the Progressive Dock
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How Roberts Shaped Trump’s Supreme Court Winning Streak
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Samuel Alito's Role in Jan 6 Ruling Questioned after John Roberts Memo Leak
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