There were theories after the Affordable Care Act, about how Roberts could write the “against” majority opinion before writing the “for” majority opinion. There were suspicions of blackmail.
Then Snowden’s leaks came out.
Now it looks much more likely that the administration had dirt on Roberts and forced him to change his vote.
And since they are monitoring everyone, Congress is most certainly monitored.
The feds already interfered in the 2012 elections by denying non-profit status to many Tea Party groups and auditing critics of the administration. No one should think that the feds aren’t building up dossiers on every official to either force them to change a decision or keep them in line.
as that great scholar.. philosopher and theologian Maxine Waters once said....Obama got this thing where he knows everything about EVERYbody.
> No one should think that the feds aren’t building up dossiers on every official to either force them to change a decision or keep them in line.
NSA probably haas massive dossiers on everyone including those smug, over-confident, “above the law” kind. When someone has finally had enough, it will be up for sale to the highest bidder
Probably Roberts was appointed to that position precisely because he has dirt. The adoption is beyond bizarre.
In a bind, our rulers do want to be able to pull the strings.