What Is John Roberts Up To?

Voting with liberals in two important civil rights cases, the Chief Justice seems to be invoking a version of the Garland rule: award no policy victories on the last year of a presidential term

Three days ago, the first pre-election blow to Trumpism arrived. In a 6-3 decision, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch (a Donald Trump appointee) voting with the majority, the Court ruled that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights act does make discrimination in the employment of LGBT people illegal.

Although Title VII does …