To: steve harris who wrote (723481 ) 6/30/2013 12:23:41 PM From: tejek Read Replies (1) | Respond to What became clear during the momentous term that ended Wednesday is that the real Chief Justice Roberts has been there all along, hiding in plain sight. We just needed to know where to look. ... In its sweeping disregard of history, precedent and constitutional text, the chief justice’s 5-to-4 opinion in the voting rights case was startling for its naked activism, but no one watching the court over the past few years could have been surprised by the outcome. The court made clear in a 2009 decision that it had Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, the “preclearance” provision, squarely in its sights. (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s devastating dissenting opinion last week read to me as if major portions had been written back in 2009, rendered unnecessary by the compromise outcome then, but saved for the day that she knew was coming.)opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com
