John Roberts Is Trying to Defend the Indefensible
George Jiglea
Chief Justice John Roberts and his colleagues have a problem on their hands. Americans have an increasingly low opinion of the Supreme Court. Thanks to its aggressive and corrosive rulings, a growing number of voters and elected officials favor structural reforms to rein in the conservative justices—by expanding its size, narrowing its jurisdiction, and other major changes. The chief justice rose to the court’s defense during a legal conference on Wednesday. “I think at a very basic level,
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