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Roberts rules: The 2 most important Supreme Court decisions this year were about fair elections and the chief justice

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Roberts rules: The 2 most important Supreme Court decisions this year were about fair elections and the chief justiceThe Supreme Court is on summer vacation, but because of John Roberts, they may have to come back.AP/J. Scott Applewhite

The week before Independence Day, Chief Justice John Roberts gave the United States two extraordinary rulings on the nature of American democracy. Both cases are about fair elections, and both outcomes are all about John Roberts.

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