Republicans refuse to accept that they’ve already won.
from sanctioning “late-term” abortions on the front steps of the court building itself. After a term in which the conservative-controlled court punted on abortion and gun control, and even expanded certain LGBTQ rights, this year’s designated villain is shaping up to be Chief Justice John Roberts.
In a four-part series of extraordinary, exclusive pieces published on CNN.com last week , our colleague Joan Biskupic reported onand dispositions of various opinions at the end of this recent term. It’s evident that at least one justice talked to Biskupic, who had three sources. Nobody on the outside knows who leaked or why, but the leaks make it clear that repurposing arguments about John Roberts as a faithless conservative is central to the election project. But it might not work this time.
, a highly visible conservative legal commentator, demanded that the chief justice accept responsibility for the leaks and step down. Roberts, in Blackman’s view, is responsible for the damage done to the court by this reporting. “Unless he can rise to the occasion, and plug these leaks, the Roberts Court will tear itself apart,” he wrote. “A Supreme Court divided cannot stand. If Roberts cannot unite the Court, he must leave it.” The logic appears to be self-fulfilling.
For Republicans, messaging around America’s secular church simply works. Voters who care about ending abortion, protecting phantom assaults on their gun ownership, and restricting LGBTQ rights above all else need to keep believing the court’s been lost, not captured. That’s why conservatives were so delighted to
at the close of this term, even as progressives pointed out just how unprogressive their handful of surprising votes actually were.and Neil Gorsuch held that employers can’t discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or transgender status. Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz
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