Now, you know, people, law professors, say to me, well, the chief justice is just a first among equals, but he assigns opinions. For example, He [Chief Justice Roberts] could say, I'm not assigning any opinions to Alito or Thomas until they follow and support a code of ethics. He has inherent powers in that institution that he could use. And he also has the ability to lead other justices to put pressure on him. That's right. (01:09–31:05)
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Asserts that Chief Justice Roberts has the power to withhold opinion assignments from Justices Alito and Thomas.
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