article_snippet.sent: Washington (John Roberts John Roberts is back in the spotlight.
article_snippet.sent: John Roberts once again faces a judicial crossroads in a historic case.
article_snippet.sent: Will John Roberts want to be remembered as having dissented from such a historic decision?
article_snippet.sent: For some conservatives, a vote in favor of same-sex marriage in a historic case would be a huge disappointment.
article_snippet.sent: It would be akin to the type of betrayal the type of betrayal they felt when Justice David Souter, who was nominated to the bench by George H.W. Bush and who retired in 2009, consistently voted with the liberals or when Justice Anthony Kennedy, a Ronald Reagan appointee, disappointed them on earlier gay rights cases as well as abortion and the death penalty felt when Justice David Souter, who was nominated to the bench by George H.W. Bush and who retired in 2009, consistently voted with the liberals or when Justice Anthony Kennedy, a Ronald Reagan appointee, disappointed Justice Anthony Kennedy, a Ronald Reagan appointee on earlier gay rights cases as well as abortion and the death penalty.
article_snippet.sent: Or when John Roberts infuriated conservative allies by providing the crucial fifth vote to uphold Obamacare on the grounds that the law is a constitutional use of the government's taxing authority.
highlights_snippet.sent: John Roberts is at judicial crossroads as The U.S. Supreme Court to hear key same-sex marriage case .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Chief justice disappointed conservatives earlier when Chief justice helped uphold Obamacare .