I sailed wrote:
"Cowardice is the only explanation I can come up with.
If twenty states bring a suit against 4 states and 20 others, it would seem to be of the utmost importance to at least hear them out.
I cannot think of a higher priority than to ensure the Constitution is maintained.
And they punted, scared to death."
When I first read the story that's the subject of this thread, I wasn't sure if it could be believed, or not.
But the question should be posed, would such a conversation be plausible, considering the participants and the situation?
My conclusion is... yes.
Roberts used his position to "shout them down".
It's too bad Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett didn't have the nerve to stand up to him (although I can understand Barrett's position, being so new). With a 5-4 majority, even Roberts would have been forced to back down and hear the case.
This will go down as the pivotal moment in which the American Republic was lost, and the era of American socialism/communism became inevitable.