Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Takes Back Control – WSJ

WASHINGTON Congress might be gridlocked and the postdebate White House reeling, but at the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts showed himself firmly in charge. 

That was clear Monday with Roberts s resounding declaration of presidential immunity for Donald Trump. The term that just ended wasn t merely a conservative triumph but one that moved the law to match the priorities of the chief justice. 

In a series of watershed opinions, Roberts led the court s conservatives to curb federal power. The court raised barriers to regulations that impose costs on businesses and property owners at the expense, liberal dissenters argued, of the government s ability to confront emerging national problems. 

At the same time, Roberts and his majority clipped the wings of prosecutors and private citizens to seek legal sanctions against officeholders. Decisions reduced the scope of federal bribery law and benefited Trump and those of his followers who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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