Pence made the comments after Brody asked, 'Are you scratching your head a little bit on John Roberts?
Vice President Mike Pence blasted Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who was appointed by a Republican, as a"disappointment" for his votes on several narrow rulings that went against the outcome hoped for by conservatives.
The vice president pointed to Roberts' 2012 vote upholding the Affordable Care Act and"a spate of recent decisions," including the Calvary Chapel case last month, a 5-4 ruling that went against a church seeking exemptions from Nevada's coronavirus restrictions. Roberts has become the court's swing vote in recent years. He has also sided with liberal justices in two major decisions extending protections against workplace discrimination to LGBTQ employees and blocking the Trump administration from rescinding a policy that allows about 650,000 young, undocumented people to live and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation.
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