This Is All John Roberts' Fault
This Is All John Roberts’ Fault Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man. Pema Levy and Ari Berman January+February 2026 Issue Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily . Imagine: You are at a baseball game, but something is off. When the blue team is at bat, the umpire calls every pitch a strike. But when the red team is up, the umpire won’t call a single one. When a red batter hits the ball into a blue player’s glove—out!—the umpire sends him to first base anyway. You can’t believe what you are seeing. This is crazy, right? This is crazy. You look around. Does everyone else see what is happening? Twenty years ago, John Roberts promised that as chief justice of the Supreme Court, he would be like an umpire , calling balls and strikes. His promise charmed senators and the media, who believed that his predilection for executive power and long-held antipathy f...