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I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center,

and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America chartered by Congress

to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.

And today we talk about the Roberts Court at 11.

On September 29, 2005, John Roberts was confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States. We're joined today by two of the leading

commentators on the Supreme Court in the United States to assess the Chief's

legacy after a decade. Joining me in studio is Adam Lippak. He is the Supreme Court

correspondent of the New York Times. And joining me by phone is Joan Baskupic.

She is editor in charge for Legal affairs at Reuters news.

Adam, Joan, thank you so much for being here.

Great to be here, Jeff.

You are the two of the most astute commentators on the court in the world, and I'm so eager to have this

this conversation with you because I need your help in answering the following

question. Has Chief Justice Roberts fulfilled the promise that he made when he first took office to preside over a court

that avoided ideologically polarized five to four decisions and instead convinced his colleagues to converge around narrow unanimous opinions.

I'm especially interested in this question because I had the incredible privilege of having

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