Morning Joe saying Chief Justice won't touch Roe

[CincyDem]

2. It will likely get cert and Roberts, as the "Chief in the Center" will uphold it (for now).

It takes 4 to grant cert so they don't need Roberts on the right.

History would say that when the Chief Justice is also the ideological center justice, as is the case with Roberts now, he tacks to the middle. That's been true historically for all Chief Justices independent of their left vs. right starting point.

Net...I think this one makes it to the Supremes and goes down 5-4.

And until that happens, I'll add a second prayer moment for RBG's health because without her...Alito becomes the ideological center. Think about that, a SCOTUS where Samuel Alito's view of the world is the "average".