‘Judicial Minimalist’ John Roberts Violated Procedures To Write Maximalist Birthplace Citizenship Opinion

Chief Justice John Roberts has long prided himself on being a judicial minimalist and proceduralist.

He wants to preserve the image of the judiciary, and especially the Supreme Court, as an impartial arbiter of cases and controversies.

Very often, when highly politicized cases connected to Trump have reached the court, Roberts has sought ways to […] ...