[Roberts] is in exactly the same position that O'Connor and others have been, ... he's going to be on the court for 30 years, and those issues will continue to come before the court. There's no legal or ethical obligation to get rid of your holdings. But the other justices seem to have made a pragmatic decision that (doing so) is best for the operation of the court.

There is clear repudiation of the government's absolute position that the courts have no role. The Supreme Court did offer the executive a real change to balance how much procedure the detainees would get, it's not that they have all the rights of a U.S. citizen in every court case, but it does absolutely reject the president's claim that it is only his choice who gets to go to court and when.

There could not be a better person for such an important position than John Roberts,

Everything we know about Roberts, needless to say, suggests he has exactly the qualities needed in the chief.

The new Roberts court has sent a powerful and compelling message and that message is we don't give a damn about minorities in this country.

Her position on these things should be exactly diametrically opposed to what she's been espousing.