Chief Justice John Roberts was asked about his plans now that the high court’s high stakes term is done. He noted that he plans to teach a class for two weeks this summer in Malta:

“Malta, as you know, is an impregnable island fortress. It seemed like a good idea.”

Maybe he could even become U.S. ambassador there some day…

David Gibson is director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University and an occasional contributor to Commonweal.

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