06-28-2012, 08:10 PM
(06-28-2012, 06:30 PM)Lissa Wrote: I'm not sure why your comment is attached to my comment since mine was more about a role reversal that probably no one saw coming (except for Roberts himself and maybe other Justices privy to his decision).
Roberts may be trying to build his reputation as beyond the partisan Bush vs. Gore era, and returning to a more purely "judicial" role as arbiter of the constitution. I don't think he likes the perception that he's just a political tool, and that the court is just politics by other means.
That's the cool thing about appointments for life. Politics may make the selections, but they can't determine where the justices' opinions will drift to.
-Jester