This may be unwarranted optimism but my hope is that, while Roberts is a world-class douchebag, he is at least a smart douchebag, and he knows that this ruling would be bad for the people who pay his bribes. Trump and co, while they share his passion for grinding the poor into the dirt, are also genuinely morons who don’t think through the consequences of their actions. c.f. Iran. Roberts (I think and hope) knows that this is a bridge too far, so he’s publicly squaring with the president to give the illusion of judicial independence.
This may be unwarranted optimism but my hope is that, while Roberts is a world-class douchebag, he is at least a smart douchebag, and he knows that this ruling would be bad for the people who pay his bribes. Trump and co, while they share his passion for grinding the poor into the dirt, are also genuinely morons who don’t think through the consequences of their actions. c.f. Iran. Roberts (I think and hope) knows that this is a bridge too far, so he’s publicly squaring with the president to give the illusion of judicial independence.