Chief Justice Roberts Emphasizes Judges’ Safety in Annual Report

Capitol Police outside the US Supreme Court.

Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg
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US Chief Justice John Roberts underscored the importance of judicial safety in his annual report released Saturday, saying “a judicial system cannot and should not live in fear.”

Roberts, however, didn’t explicitly reference any of the threats federal judges faced this year, including the man arrested outside of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home and charged with attempted murder.