Chief Justice John Roberts is showing a new willingness to side with the U.S. Supreme Court’s liberal wing after the divisive confirmation fight over Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Roberts joined the liberals Wednesday in two rulings that left the conservatives in dissent. Most notably, he cast the deciding vote to order a new look at the mental competence of a death row inmate who says he can’t remember the crimes he committed.
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“Chief Justice Roberts’s voting pattern this year reflects a change,” said Josh Blackman, a professor at the South Texas College of Law in Houston.
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Earlier, Roberts issued an unusual statement pushing back against Trump’s characterization of a jurist as an “Obama judge.” Roberts said that “we do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges.”
SCOTUS Goalie Watch: Roberts siding with other side
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SCOTUS Goalie Watch: Roberts siding with other side
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Re: SCOTUS Goalie Watch: Roberts siding with other side
To me, he has been a wildcard since he made up crap to legalize Obamacare.