Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. made it crystal clear in January that he wanted to strike down a law that in his view dictated the outcome of a lawsuit brought against Iran by American victims of terrorism.
“When there is a case, Article III says that’s our job,” Roberts said during oral arguments in Bank Markazi v. Peterson. “[Congress'] job is to pass laws; our job is to decide a case.”
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