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On the recordJuly 12, 2009
Jeffrey Toobin, a well-respected legal commentator, has recently reported that -- and this is a quote -- '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 cites Jeffrey Toobin's criticism of Chief Justice John Roberts.

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