York: For conservatives, the question: Who is John Roberts?

York: For conservatives, the question: Who is John Roberts?

In the wake of Chief Justice John Roberts' stunning about-face in the Obamacare case, conservatives who follow judicial issues are asking themselves: Did we ever really know Roberts? Did we get him wrong?

Those nagging questions have led Republicans to think back to Roberts' rise through the Washington legal world from White House lawyer to the nation's highest court.

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TONY DIGIROLAMO- IF ROBERTS WAS INTIMIDATED BY THE POTUS WHILE THE JUSTICES WERE DELIBERATING ON OBAMACARE THAT IS VERY STRANGE FOR THE SUPREME COURT INDEED.

Byron York tells us, "Roberts had solid Republican credentials. He served in both the Reagan White House counsel's office and, later, in the Justice Department under President George H.W. Bush."

With that resume ... Who'd a thunk it?

Roberts switched views to uphold health care law

Roberts switched views to uphold health care law

Chief Justice John Roberts initially sided with the Supreme Court's four conservative justices to strike down the heart of President Obama's health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, but later changed his position and formed an alliance with liberals to uphold the bulk of the law, according to two sources with specific knowledge of the deliberations.

Roberts then withstood a month-long, desperate campaign to bring him back to his original position, the sources said. Ironically, Justice Anthony Kennedy - believed by many conservatives to be the justice most likely to defect and vote for the law - led the effort to try to bring Roberts back to the fold.

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Conservative anger growing over Obamacare decision

Conservative anger growing over Obamacare decision

I ran into a prominent conservative member of Congress Friday night just before the huge storms moved through Washington.  He was, he said, far angrier on the day after the Supreme Court Obamacare decision than he had been the moment he learned Chief Justice John Roberts had joined the Court’s liberal bloc to uphold the individual mandate at the heart of Obamacare.  He didn’t resort to histrionics or profanity, but he was spitting mad — and his anger was growing, not diminishing.

A short time later, I saw another conservative lawmaker who said much the same thing.  And yet another conservative leader who was in the same frame of mind.

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TONY DIGIROLAMO- LET'S ROLL!