DENVER – Shortly after John Roberts, the conservative United States Supreme Court Chief Justice, sided with the Court’s four liberal justices to uphold President Barack Obama’s major health-care reform, he joked that he was leaving the country for the “impregnable island fortress” of Malta. Roberts was referring not so much to the mainstream media’s speculation about the reasons for his surprise vote, but rather to the fury and thirst for retribution among conservative bloggers and pundits.
丹佛——在持保守观点的美国最高法院首席法官约翰·罗伯茨与法院系统其他4名自由派法官联手支持奥巴马总统的大规模医疗保健改革计划后不久，罗伯茨就半开玩笑地说要离开美国前往马耳他“坚不可摧的孤岛城堡”。罗伯茨在这里所指的并非主流媒体对他出人意料的投票原因的炒作，而是保守派博主和批评家们的愤怒和对报复的渴望。