This Is Hilarious

The rationale that all the Mayberry Machiavellis used to justify supporting Trump was that he would give them conservative justices that could be entrenched for decades and undermine any attempt at progressive reform.

John Roberts is putting a torch to that idea.

Roberts has taken on the role of Anthony Kennedy, but he's not too far from becoming David Souter. His basic impetus at the moment is to preserve the Court's legitimacy by restricting its activism. The Louisiana case is hilarious, because it was basically the same as a Texas case where Roberts sided with the anti-abortion wing. Now he pleads stare decsis when he realizes he could eliminate abortion for most American women.

This is awesome.  Not because Roberts WILL become Souter (though that would be amazing), but because it shows what happens when the conservative Court strategy meets a pragmatist with a lifetime appointment.

Finally, there is an excellent chance that this decision, along with the LGBT rights decision from the other week, will depress evangelical turnout.  They, too, sold their souls to the Orange Tinted Devil and in the end, they couldn't even get the Courts to give them forced birth.  That's a poor return on investment.