Did minority's uncompromising insistence on invalidating entire law push Roberts to join moderates..

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5. Roberts simply allowed the other four arsehats to be partisan clowns

In the end, the supreme court's number one priority is to support corporations and the ultra rich.

That is why they did the right thing, in mass, except Scalia, of course, over the Arizona immigration bill, while they did their duty to protect Citizens United.

While, sadly, HCR IS in fact a small step in the right direction, at the end of the day, the fulcrum of it ...

Drives people into PRIVATE INSURANCE COVERAGE.

Roberts had to side with the "liberal" judges on this to legitimize the decision and to provide cover for the other wingnuts to throw bombs and feed the sheep that vote Rs their meat.

THAT was that this decision was.