Roberts Slams ‘Dangerous’ Attacks on Supreme Court Justices
US Chief Justice John Roberts during a State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Feb. 24.
Photographer: Graeme Sloan/BloombergUS Chief Justice John Roberts said hostility toward individual Supreme Court members was creating a dangerous environment, in his first public comments since the president blasted justices who voted to strike down his global tariffs.
“Personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it’s got to stop,” said Roberts in a conversation at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.