I think the past couple years prove Roberts does NOT in fact have any political instincts. He's arguably one of the worst Chief Justices in history, given the current reputation of the court, the partisanship, scandals, divisive decisions, ignoring precedent, and on and on. He has no control over this court and doesn't even pretend or try to. I think the myth that Roberts has any clue what he is doing may have come from his ONE decisive vote to save the Affordable Care Act, but he voted against gay marriage that same term (I believe?), so I don't think it proves anything. He himself admitted he was surprised by Dobbs and has basically been hiding from the public ever since. An intellectual lightweight who lives in an alternate reality, with ZERO ability to read the room. I think he'd get trounced worse than the rest.
Roberts is actually very cunning in his evil "death by 1000 cuts" approach to rolling back the Constitution, but his careful planning/execution (since the 80's) has been upended by the McConnell/Trump appointments empowering the court wildmen.
Roberts would probably win, since he has stronger political instincts. The other five, though, I suspect would lose.
I think the past couple years prove Roberts does NOT in fact have any political instincts. He's arguably one of the worst Chief Justices in history, given the current reputation of the court, the partisanship, scandals, divisive decisions, ignoring precedent, and on and on. He has no control over this court and doesn't even pretend or try to. I think the myth that Roberts has any clue what he is doing may have come from his ONE decisive vote to save the Affordable Care Act, but he voted against gay marriage that same term (I believe?), so I don't think it proves anything. He himself admitted he was surprised by Dobbs and has basically been hiding from the public ever since. An intellectual lightweight who lives in an alternate reality, with ZERO ability to read the room. I think he'd get trounced worse than the rest.
Roberts is actually very cunning in his evil "death by 1000 cuts" approach to rolling back the Constitution, but his careful planning/execution (since the 80's) has been upended by the McConnell/Trump appointments empowering the court wildmen.