March 21, 2025
John Roberts is the Judas of the Judiciary
By Amil Imani
Chief Justice John Roberts was expected to be a conservative stalwart and a guardian of the Constitution, appointed by George W. Bush to guide the Supreme Court towards originalist principles. Instead, he has transformed into something completely different—a turncoat whose rulings have betrayed the values he vowed to uphold. For those of us who believed in a judiciary that honors the will of the people and the intent of our founders, Roberts has become the ultimate disappointment: a Judas in black robes, selling out the American Right for thirty pieces of silver from the progressive elite.
Let’s start with the Affordable Care Act. In 2012, conservatives held their breath as NFIB v. Sebelius threatened to unravel Obamacare, a bloated government overreach that symbolized everything we despise about the Left’s nanny-state agenda. Roberts had the chance to strike it down. Instead, he twisted logic into knots, declaring the individual mandate a “tax” rather than a penalty — a semantic trick that saved Obama’s signature legislation. Legal scholars still scratch their heads over that one, but the message was clear: Roberts wasn’t here to fight for principle. He was here to play it safe, cozying up to the Beltway cocktail circuit where progressivism is the currency of prestige.
Fast forward to 2020, when election integrity hung in the balance. After a chaotic presidential race marred by allegations of fraud—claims that millions of Americans still find credible—Roberts had another chance to prove his mettle. Texas brought a case challenging the election procedures in several swing states, and conservatives begged the Court to hear it. Roberts refused. He didn’t just avoid responsibility; he ensured the case was dead on arrival, reportedly pressuring his colleagues to sidestep any “political controversy.” Never mind that the Constitution’s survival sometimes requires tough choices. For Roberts, maintaining his reputation as a neutral arbiter outweighed any obligation to the republic. The result? A stolen election—or at least the perception of one—was left to fester while Roberts washed his hands like Pontius Pilate.
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