Hold the Revolution: Roberts Keeps Joining High Court Liberals
- Chief justice sides with inmate in death penalty ruling
- Court lies low after divisive Kavanaugh confirmation fight
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Chief Justice John Roberts is showing a new willingness to side with the U.S. Supreme Court’s liberal wing after the divisive confirmation fight over Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Roberts joined the liberals Wednesday in two rulings that left the conservatives in dissent. Most notably, he cast the deciding vote to order a new look at the mental competence of a death row inmate who says he can’t remember the crimes he committed.