Is Roberts turning into the next Souter?

[ButterflyBlood]

I would've never expected him to be the one to take down most of the Arizona law and save health care reform.

[LynneSin]

1. It takes more than 1 crossover vote to be a Souter

I think he realized there were millions of people now covered that would lose coverage if it was repealed and decided to take the bullit for the right.

[Atman]

2. Smokescreen.

Now, when he decides for the right on the the corporate stuff they really care about, he has cover.

[flamingdem]

8. Citizens United ho

nt

[Gman]

3. Don't even go there

the guy is dangerous. As I posted in another thread, Roberts, the corporate lawyer, protected health insurance companies and gave the right wing 2 huge issues in November as well as unlimited money via Citizens United to blast it. The war will be hell.

[Jumping John]

4. He may not be as knee jerk con reactionary as Scalia, Alito and Thomas. n/t

[WI_DEM]

5. Overall I would say no.

[hlthe2b]

6. I highly doubt it... And after Citizen's United, he still has one hell of a long way to go...

to reclaim any sense of judicial weight--particularly since CU was his decision to take beyond the narrow scope of its original issue.

[Gman]

10. And most recently the Montana case

[sadbear]

7. No

It's all about the legacy of his court.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. No, HELL NO! He's still the same tool. I'm yet to figure out his reasoning on this. nt

[DarthDem]

12. He Was

. . . worried about his legacy. I believe he lacked the stones to have the ACA thrown out on his watch.

[southern_belle]

17. +1 n/t

[moondust]

19. Guaranteed profits for health insurance companies?

The threat of a future single payer system with no guaranteed profits?

[gkhouston]

20. A chance for him to "look good" for the history books, while throwing the issue back to Congress?

Every politician who supports the ACA now will be relentlessly pilloried as a tax-raiser. It will be something else for Congress to vent their faux outrage over instead of doing anything about jobs.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

11. No

He took this one for the team because it's good for business, while the usual hacks got to keep their Rethug cred.

[myrna minx]

13. No -The ruling on Citizens United should answer that question. n/t

[Romulox]

14. John "Citizen United" Roberts? That's the guy you mean??? nt

[Greybnk48]

15. No. Don't ever trust him. n/t

[mvd]

16. No Souter. He has maybe a modicum of respect..

for the Court, but Citizens United was the worst decision since Bush v. Gore. One of the worst in history, in fact.

[jsmirman]

18. Hardly

he's a good Justice, but he's still earth-shakingly wrong on way too many things.

Souter - I'm afraid that's a once in a lifetime wonderful occurrence.

[lonestarnot]

21. He's already bagged all of the dough with Citizens United. Doesn't matter if he throws a crumb.

They need to keep the slave labor force in working condition.