I'll never understand having justices that are obviously one end or the other. If your decisions are easily predictable for one party, you shouldn't even be a candidate for the SCOTUS. We just accept that each justice is one or the other extreme.....it's pure insanity.
Roberts is technically considered a conservative justice, but he's respected by both sides because his ruing isn't in lockstep with either radical side.
We can't find 8 more like him??? In the entire country???