JOSH BLACKMAN: Somehow the N.Y. Times Made Me Sympathetic To Chief Justice Roberts: Jodi Kantor’s latest expose tells us nothing about the Court’s decision but does destroy John Roberts’s last refuge from scoundrels like me. “What happens of Hupper Island stays on Hupper Island. Until the New York Times got to it. Jodi Kantor wrote a lengthy expose about how the neighbors feel. She interviews a few of Roberts’s friends and far more of his foes. We learn nothing about the Court, or Roberts’s decision. Unlike the silly story about Martha Ann Alito’s flags, there is no allegation that Roberts did anything wrong. The sole effect, and indeed purpose, of this article, is to show how Roberts is alienated in his family summer home. We learn nothing about Roberts, but learn lots about the awful liberals of Hupper Island.”