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On the recordJuly 12, 2009
In every major case since he became the nation's 17th chief justice, Roberts has sided with the prosecution over the defendant, the state over the condemned, the executive branch over the legislative and the corporate defendant over the individual plaintiff.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Sheldon Whitehouse critiques Chief Justice John Roberts' judicial decisions.

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