{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"This F*cking Guy: John Roberts","description":"In our 42nd episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin and Alyssa dive deep into the past of the most uptight motherf*cker on the planet, Chief Justice John Roberts. From his early days as a “soberpuss” scholar, to playing the long game to gut the Voting Rights Act, to being the ringleader of malicious intent on the Citizens United ruling, to his obsession with being perceived as a Fancy Law Boy Institutionalist, this may be one of our most phony guys yet.\n\nFor a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here (https://youtu.be/CeT6Fooeo_k) . For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.\n\nSources:\n\nRoberts started on path to success at young age (The Washington Times (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/aug/16/20050816-122951-1663r/) )\n\nThe Supreme Court’s Power Grab (The New York Review (https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/08/15/the-supreme-courts-power-grab/) )\n\nEntering a new Supreme Court term, John Roberts is as enigmatic as ever (The Christian Science Monitor (https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2024/0930/supreme-court-chief-justice-john-roberts) )\n\nBiographies of the Robes: John Glover Roberts (Thirteen PBS (https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/future/robes_roberts.html) )\n\nNo More Mr. Nice Guy (The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/05/25/no-more-mr-nice-guy) )\n\nCourt Nominee's Life Is Rooted in Faith and Respect for Law (New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/21/politics/court-nominees-life-is-rooted-in-faith-and-respect-for-law.html) )\n\nIn the Rough (Slate (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/08/in-the-rough.html) )\n\nPortrait of the Chief Justice as a Family Man (The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2006/08/07/portrait-of-the-chief-justice-as-a-family-man/682c9998-4cdc-412d-bcb4-adbdd719faa3/) )\n\nDoes John Roberts’ Whites-Only Childhood Home Explain the Supreme Court’s Callais Ruling? (Slate (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/john-roberts-whites-only-supreme-court-callais.html) )\n\nRoberts' Conflicts Of Interest (CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roberts-conflicts-of-interest/) )\n\nRoberts's Rules (The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/01/robertss-rules/305559/) )\n\nDid Roberts Help Fuel AIDS Scare? (Science (https://www.science.org/content/article/did-roberts-help-fuel-aids-scare) )\n\nChief justice tumbles after seizure (CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/07/30/roberts.fall/index.html) )\n\nThe Pro-Money Court: How the Roberts Supreme Court Dismantled Campaign Finance Law (Brennan Center (https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/pro-money-court-how-roberts-supreme-court-dismantled-campaign-finance-law) )\n\nJohn Roberts: Supreme Court Nomination Hearings from PBS NewsHour and EMK Institute (YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNF_pwkP6gg) )\n\nMoney Unlimited (The New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/05/21/money-unlimited) )\n\n‘They come to me’: Jane Roberts’ legal recruiting work involved officials whose agencies had cases before the Supreme Court (Politico (https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/31/jane-roberts-legal-recruiting-work-agencies-cases-supreme-court-00080515) )\n\nTrump v. CASA Inc. (Oyez (https://www.oyez.org/cases/2024/24A884) )\n\nCitizens United, Explained (Brennan Center (https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained) )","author_name":"Hysteria","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166619-hysteria","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43706802/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}