ayfkm And also: this piece was practically written by Roberts. That's how this works. "Colleagues and friends" who are, you know, talking to CNN behind his back totally without his knowledge or input and just happen to be promoting exactly the narrative and framing he wants. Come on.

We spoke to an anonymous person at the Penn Ave Starbucks who handed us a memo from a brown file folder labeled "J. Roberts personal"

Rewrote it for them: “John Robert’s is a big-standard reactionary republican who wants Trump to act in a way that bog-standard republicans can still win votes.”

Hunter S. Thompson had the right response to this sort of public pity party. When there were all sorts of stories after Nixon resigned about how he was taking it so hard, Thompson said, "Who gives a #### if he's lonely and depressed?"

Reaping. Sowing.

I will join the chorus of people who are not feeling particularly sorry for Chief Justice John Roberts. Once I had praise for his institutional leadership. But it's not clear to me he's interested in that anymore, where it is clear to me he's lost control of his Court. It's the Alito Court today.

Your Honor Mr. Chief Justice Roberts, sir, this is your nineteenth Term. Retirement is an honorable option for you at this point. You're 100% vested in your pension now (not that you need it). Maybe go teach con law at George Mason, or be a rainmaker at Jones Day, or just enjoy your grandchildren.

This guy is so vain, and entirely delusional about how his obituary will read - to the extent he genuinely cares.

Yeah, you can't really trust Biskupic to write anything about Roberts that he wouldn't want published.

hey listen the poor guy is confounded and if you have ever been confounded it is a tough row to hoe believe you me

Playing the press like Trump does. Were any of the friends named John Baron?