The court's unpredictability is largely the work of Chief Justice John Roberts, who has become a hugely influential figure in American life.
WASHINGTON – When the Supreme Court opened its 2019 term nine months ago with a debate about the meaning of insanity, few could have predicted how crazy things would get.
"The court’s a lot more complicated than a lot of observers give it credit for," said former U.S. solicitor general Paul Clement, perhaps the premier Supreme Court advocate of his generation with more than 100 oral arguments under his belt. Conservative?: Ruling on LGBTQ rights reveals precarious nature of Supreme Court's conservative majority
That was Roberts' intention Thursday when he sent subpoenas issued by congressional Democrats back to two federal appeals courts to assess the information Congress seeks – in order to achieve its stated legislative aims – in light of the burden such demands could place on the president.
“I think Roberts doesn’t get enough credit for being sincere in some of the platitudes he said at his hearings," said Michael McConnell, a former federal appeals court judge who directs Stanford Law School's Constitutional Law Center. "The chief, in particular, is trying to keep the court balanced." “There are originalists, there are textualists, there are law-and-order types, there are minimalists," Shapiro said."There are a lot of different types of Republican-appointed justices."
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