IDK what Barrett's goals are going forward as a SCOTUS justice, but I've been of the opinion that Roberts is grooming her to be his replacement as Chief Justice, so she is making rulings to try to get her in that position. As it stands, Barrett is hated by Democrats for overturning Roe (maybe even by Roberts too as that tainted his precious legacy) and now is hated by the right for siding with the Leftists on the court. The odds of her being nominated by a Republican President for Chief Justice is basically zero now, but a Donk President with a GOP majority senate I could see nominating her as a compromise, so there's strategy for her to appeal to both sides of the spectrum.
How that affects Snope, I can see her siding (again) with the other women because "I FEEL SCARED! EMOTIONS! SAFETY! BAN BAN BAN!"
I'm not yet willing to say that Snope is dead because of Roberts. He's obsessed with his legacy and this case, in legal circles, he looks like such a bitch with how the 4th treated this case and other than the Ghost guns and Rahimi, Roberts has been pretty solid on 2A cases. Still, he's shaky at best with major decisions like this that affect millions of people as was demonstrated with Obamacare and Dobbs.
The reality is nobody in the general public cares about SCOTUS chief justices, nobody today remembers Reinquist and before him I'll bet less than 1% of the population even knows who was the CJ. People generally remember specific associate justices they liked, which is why Ginsberg is going to be talked about for the next 50 years by some and why Scalia is still remembered today and Thomas will likely be too.
IMO, Roberts will side with the majority to strike down AWB and Barrett will again fukk up because that's all she is capable of doing now.
Roberts is probably the happiest guy in the world to see Barrett on the court because the way she's going, she will be remembered as one of the worst justices of all time and make Roberts look decent in comparison.
