This is the height of clarence thomas powers, he has the majority in his court and is the most senior member on the court, he has relinquished the chief justice to second fiddle and second class status as his dissents have no say on the majority view any longer.
This is about clarence thomas, its about people not voting in midterm and presidential elections which allowed the blockade of merrick garland that gave neil gorsuch, and then gave McConnell control again to replace RGB with ACB when folks were voting already. this are the dynamics at play