Chief Justice John Roberts, speaking at a time when threats against judges are high, warned on Saturday that the words of elected officials on judges could lead to threats or acts of violence by others.
Without recognizing anyone by name, Roberts made clear to Republican president Donald Trump and Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer of New York when he said he felt forced to provide public statistics in all sides in recent years.
“It is full of political dispute that the judge doing his job is part of the problem,” Roberts said at a meeting of lawyers and judges in Charlotte, North Carolina. “And dangerous, of course, is one who can take it. And we have been, in fact, severe threats of violence and the murder of judges just by doing their jobs. So I think political people on both sides of the way need to consider it.”
Roberts appeared in the 4th meeting of the American Court of Appeal the day after the main court made the final decision -making, as well as a major victory for Trump which prevents the ability of judges to use the court's orders and the whole country to prevent his agenda. C-Span carried Roberts' conversation with Judge Albert Diaz, Chief Justice of the 4th round.
Roberts first took the issue with Trump's comments in 2018, while Roberts replied to Trump's notes of a judge who rejected his immigration policy as “Obama Judge.” In March, Roberts Rejected Calls to the judges to enter, shortly after Trump Claims The removal of the person who ruled against his dismissal plans.
In 2020, Roberts phoned Schumer for the statement that Roberts called him inappropriate and threatened after the senator said that Trump judges were appointed Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch “will pay the price” by vote in the case of Louisiana's ongoing abortion. Schumer later said he would not have to use those words.
Two years later, with a nearby court to overthrow Roe v. WADE constitutional protection for abortion, police arrested an armed man outside the Kavanaugh house in Washington. In April, Nicholas John Roske He asked for guilt Trying to kill Kavanaugh.