Sam: I’ve always thought June medical was always more about Roberts being offended at the lower courts not listening to him than it was about the substance of the decision.

"John Roberts [is] abandoning his imperfect efforts to put the institution ahead of any ideological or political agenda"

Bonus 88: Chief Justice Roberts Turns Rightwww.stevevladeck.com The Trump immunity ruling was a fitting capstone to a term defined by the Chief Justice's sharp turn away from institutional moderation—a shift that could potentially have cataclysmic effects.

His June Medical opinion is like it’s from another planet bsky.app/profile/saba...

You know what is a very strange document now? John Roberts’ concurring opinion in June Medical (a decision it seems in multiple ways from another universe) Stare decisis “is necessary” and “brings pragmatic benefits” like “predictable and consistent development” www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19p...

I’ve always thought June medical was always more about Roberts being offended at the lower courts not listening to him than it was about the substance of the decision.

It was so abjectly blatant that June Medical was a do-over of Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt to see if the court would arrive at a different answer with Kavanaugh and Gorsuch instead of Kennedy and [vacant] Reversing a year-old precedent would have made it obvious the court isn’t doing “law”

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