dailycaller
Kevin Daley
Legal Affairs Reporter
3:38 PM 07/07/2017
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http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/07/chief-justice-appears-to-take-shot-across-gorsuchs-bow/Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts appeared to take a veiled jab at his new colleague Justice Neil Gorsuch during a conference in Pennsylvania this week, where he reiterated his longstanding aversion to solo opinions.
The comments suggest a hint of tension between the chief and the junior justice.
In remarks given at a judicial conference in Pennsylvania this week, Roberts reiterated his long-held view that the Court should speak with one voice wherever possible — that is to say, he supports a consensus-driven approach to opinion writing in which the justices strive for unanimity and avoid writing their own concurrences or dissents. In doing so, he appeared to rebuke Gorsuch, who has flashed a propensity for writing on his own in his first months as a justice.