Has John Roberts Lost Control Of The Supreme Court?

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[Roberts] appears to be more comfortable just saying, ‘OK, whatever, I’m willing to go there.’ One interpretation of what is happening is, ‘If I want to write the big opinion, I’m going to have to go where the votes are.’

— Professor Carolyn Shapiro, of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, in comments given to Law.com on whether Chief Justice John Roberts has lost his “ability—or willingness” to build consensus among the justices on the conservative-leaning Court.

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