Some outraged legal conservatives have accused Roberts, who was appointed by Republican President George W. Bush, of betrayal.
The Roberts court has also affirmed Trump's policy to keep migrants in Mexico while awaiting a hearing with an American immigration judge, and on Monday, declined to take up an environmental challenge to Trump's border wall.Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 29, 2020."He is a shrewd political actor who cares about public perception of the court," said Aaron Belkin, executive director of Take Back the Court, a left-wing group.
Roberts, who opposes abortion, made clear that his position in the Louisiana case was a narrow one and that other state abortion laws would be examined on a case-by-case basis. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts waits for President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 4, 2020.
"Roberts cares deeply about the court appearing to stand outside of politics," said Cardozo law professor Kate Shaw, an ABC News contributor and former clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens.
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