Supreme Court fallout casts harsh light on Roberts leadership

Chief Justice John Roberts’s stewardship of the Supreme Court was placed in a harsh light this week after a leaked draft opinion showed the court’s conservative justices are poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Among critics, there was a sense that the court had reached the low point of Roberts’s 16 years as chief.

The three Trump-appointed justices were accused of lying to the American public during their confirmation hearings by indicating they viewed Roe as settled law, only to endorse striking down the landmark 1973 decision soon after joining the bench.