He had worked for seven months to persuade his colleagues to join him in merely chipping away at Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. But he was outflanked by the five justices to his right, who instead reduced Roe to rubble.

In the process, they humiliated the nominal leader of the court and rejected major elements of his jurisprudence.

The moment was a turning point for the chief justice. Just two years ago, after the retirement of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy made him the new swing justice, he commanded a kind of influence that sent experts hunting for historical comparisons. Not since 1937 had the chief justice also been the court’s fulcrum, able to cast the decisive vote in closely divided cases.

Chief Justice Roberts mostly used that power to nudge the court to the right in measured steps, understanding himself to be the custodian of the court’s prestige and authority. He avoided what he called jolts to the legal system, and he tried to decide cases narrowly.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/us/abortion-supreme-court-roberts.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5140727&forum_id=2#44752854)

Isn’t that what the Supreme Court Police is for?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5140727&forum_id=2#44759517)

*states start banning abortion before cnn can update its chyron*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5140727&forum_id=2#44759602)

heller more important

no one blames roberts for any of this, nor would anyone expect him to be able to thwart the right wing from ruling as they did.

this is the only person making his point because it's not a valid point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5140727&forum_id=2#44759568)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5140727&forum_id=2#44759643)