How much is Chief Justice John Roberts now the center of the Supreme Court? Consider this: In the term that ended Thursday, he was in the majority in all but two cases. Roberts joined fellow conservatives in rulings bolstering religious freedom and presidential power over independent federal agencies, but cast the deciding votes in the term’s headline cases by joining liberal justices in 5-4 decisions that overturned a state law restricting access to abortion and that blocked the Trump administration from shutting down DACA. "This term firmly established Roberts as not only the Supreme Court's ideological center but also its judicial center,” said Tom Goldstein, a Washington lawyer who argues frequently before the court. |