John Roberts made pact with former justice to keep Alito dissent out of public view: new book

A new book by CNN's senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic reveals the ways in which Chief Justice John Roberts engages in backroom horse-trading on important votes -- including one landmark case where he wanted to quash a potentially incendiary opinion by Associate Justice Samuel Alito.

According to Biskupic's book, "Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences," Roberts worked "privately with Justice Anthony Kennedy, the author of the Obergefell v.