The past year has been notorious for the Supreme Court. Its conservative supermajority has torn up the very fabric of the Constitution, siding with the Trump administration—an October tally showed Trump won 21 of 23 cases—in which he has repeatedly and recklessly expanded his use of executive branch power. The high court approved the firing of thousands of federal employees, slashed research funding in health and education, and dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development; it allowed the U.S. military to ban transgender people from serving in the military and all but abolished precedent that upheld the independence of federal agencies from the whims of the president—all largely through the overuse of emergency case procedures, or “shadow cases.” But you wouldn’t know any of that if you read Chief Justice John Roberts’ year-end report, which addressed nothing. Instead, Roberts considers American legal history carefully and is determined to avoid mentioning events after the mid-19th century. 2025? That didn’t happen at all! Ostensibly, Roberts hopes his trip down memory lane will highlight the 50th anniversary this coming summer.
John Roberts Finished Out 2025 With One More Shameful SCOTUS Flop
