Chief Justice John Roberts cast the deciding vote against the Trump administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. But he only did it after changing his position behind the scenes, sources told CNN in this exclusive report. Roberts was all set to join the Supreme Court’s four conservative justices and rule for the administration. But he changed his mind — and his vote — because he believed the administration’s rationale for adding the citizenship question was contrived. Roberts’ action in the case proves he’s getting less predictable as he becomes the de facto swing vote on the divided court, says CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Joan Biskupic.
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The world’s largest military budgets:
๐ฏ๐ต $50 billion
๐ฌ๐ง $53 billion
๐ซ๐ท $56 billion
๐ฎ๐ณ $58 billion
๐ท๐บ $63 billion
๐ธ๐ฆ $83 billion
๐จ๐ณ $168 billion
๐บ๐ธ $700 billion
What ifโjust maybeโwe led the world not in weapons and war, but in fighting humanity’s common enemy: climate change?