Deep question: what word would you describe #SupremeCourt #Republican John Roberts theory of interpretation? For example, Rehnquest is sometimes called a strict constructionist. Scalia is called a textualist for statutes and an originalist for the constitution. Brennan is said to believe in a Living Constitution. So what is Roberts? No one talks about this because the answer is pretty obvious: he's a partisan Republican.
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@david1 he's often described as an institutionalist, putting weight on the operation of the Court even above and beyond the more doctrinal approaches you list.
But that includes being more concerned with the Court than any party.
There's plenty to criticize the guy over, but his work on the Court doesn't really match the idea that he's a partisan Republican if you read through his opinions and processes.
