U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. (Senate Television via AP)
Lots of media and academic theories are circulating about what’s going on at the just-completed term of the Supreme Court, under the lengthening leadership tenure of Chief Justice John Roberts. Many interpretations take the standard route of a horizontal scan across a spectrum of well-worn labels. There are the inevitable surprises, as jurists are not as predictable as some would like and they often privately rebel against pigeonholing.
The pretentious labeling and would-be prophetic slotting that goes on often mislead by proffering binary choices of liberal-conservative or right-center-left coalitions and swings of voting patterns. An alternative look from a vertical angle may provide a clearer and more reliable insight by examining Chief Justice Roberts’ institutional leadership role—not his individual votes in separate or collated appeals.
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