Middle: Conservatives' takeover stalled by Roberts-Kavanaugh bromance. Swing: Roberts inherits expanded role as the Supreme Court's man in the middle. Roberts, who just finished his 16th term, has touted the message unity sends.
This term, the court handed down nine opinions in which it split along conservative-liberal lines, including two highly political cases at the end. Barrett , for instance, wrote an opinion absolving a police officer from violating a anti-hacking law when he ran a license plate in exchange for cash. She was joined by three liberals and two conservatives, Kavanaugh and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch. Since he's not in the middle, he's got more work to do.
All told, the next few months could redefine the Roberts court in the American eye and shape public expectations of the justices in the years to come. The Supreme Court hasn't been this conservative since the s. Bush and Al Gore that, "Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's Presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear.
It is the Nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law. Added Rodriguez, comparing and today: "This election is much higher stakes.
Less room to maneuver in the middle. In the last term, Roberts, a appointee of President Bush, exerted unprecedented control. He steered the majority in disputes over abortion rights, immigration and subpoenas for Trump's financial documents.
Roberts, at the time a crucial fifth vote for the right-wing, also deterred his colleagues from taking up new appeals that could lead to expansion of Second Amendment individual gun rights. But the expected addition of sixth conservative Barrett means five solid conservatives to Roberts' right, for a likelier majority, for example, to curtail firearm regulations.
Roberts will have less maneuvering room at the center, to be sure, but he will still be able to assign the opinions when he is in the majority on a case. He can keep the opinion for himself or give it to another justice, perhaps as a point of leverage with colleagues relishing the opportunity to write opinions for the court in important cases.
He cast the key fifth vote in to uphold the Obamacare law that provided insurance coverage for millions more Americans, expanded Medicaid and guaranteed free mammograms, cholesterol checks and birth control.
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Analysis: Biden's 'roller coaster' 10 days. Chief Justice John Roberts dissented with three liberal justices in what could be regarded as the least considered but most consequential case in years. Since Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court last October and he lost his position at the ideological center of the bench, Roberts has been on the dissenting side in a handful of close cases.
But the Texas abortion controversy arguably marked his most significant loss to date. What the Supreme Court's order means for the future of Roe v. The court's order, made public to news organizations at p.
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