Politics are playing a bigger role in Supreme Court decisions and John Roberts is pulling the lever

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has often fostered the image of the Supreme Court as a united front, but a new leak indicates he abandoned that perspective in order tohelp Donald Trump in his criminal prosecutions – amplifying concerns that the court is becoming too political.

For nearly 20 years, Roberts has served as Chief Justice of the court and is often considered the most neutral, toeing the line between the conservative and liberal blocs of the court. He has helped maintain the idea that the court is politically neurtral, but that line appears to be blurring even more and insiders discussed how Roberts is helping lead the mixing of politics and court decisions.

This term, Roberts strengthened his grip on his power; writing the opinions of the most controversial cases, expediating Trump’s immunity case despite reservations from his colleagues and declining to find a middle ground, insiders told The New York Times.

Ultimately, the Chief Justice steered the court into contentious political discourse and handed Trump several wins along the way.

When the former president asked the court to intervene in his federal election interference case in February, several conservative justices apparently wanted to schedule arguments for the following term in October – making it nearly impossible to rule before the election.

But Roberts sided with his liberal colleagues, urging others to take it on now, according to a memo seen by the Times.

As quickly as he sided with the liberal wing of the court he turned his back on them in June when Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the senior liberal justice, indicated she was willing to find consensus on the immunity decision.

Roberts departed from his usual conduct and refused to concede