Clyburn: Roberts to join ranks of 'infamous' Supreme Court justices over voting rights decision

[AverageOldGuy]

5. What must Roberts think?

I'm not a historian of any sort and am certainly not a Supreme Court historian.

But I'm thinking about something and don't know exactly how to express it -- here goes.

The Dred Scott decision tarnished Taney's reputation. Did Taney know that? Did he, at any time after the Dred Scott decision know that he was considered a disaster as a jurist? Or did Taney die thinking he had done the right thing?

So -- what about Roberts' reputation? 100 years from now, what will history say about Roberts? Or, is history now telling Roberts that he has fucked up big time, that his reputation is in the toilet, and that he will forever be considered one of the worst Chief Justices of all time??

It's one thing to die thinking you did the right thing, it's something else entirely to learn that your reputation is forever trashed and you have to live another 30 years knowing what history will say about you because history is already speaking.