Chief Justice John Roberts spoke with law students in Washington on Monday and described the rule of law as “endangered” and warned against “trashing the justices.” He didn’t name names.
What if some deserve trashing? He doesn’t include that when he speaks.
How about this clip with Chuckie:
2025: Chuck Schumer says Trump wants to intimidate and threaten judges.
2020: Chuck Schumer tries to intimidate and threaten Justices of the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/FdisnZKk0I
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 27, 2025
“The notion that the rule of law governs is the basic proposition,” Roberts said during an appearance at Georgetown Law. “Certainly as a matter of theory, but also as a matter of practice, we need to stop and reflect every now and then how rare that is, certainly rare throughout history, and rare in the world today.”
We can all agree with Roberts when he blames the schools for not teaching civics and government structure. However, judges shouldn’t be running the country.
“That’s really too bad,” the chief justice told graduating students at the law school. “We’re developing a situation where a whole group of young people is growing up having no real sense about how our system of justice works.”
Roberts suggested some recent verbal attacks on the justices had gone too far. “The court has obviously made mistakes throughout its history, and those should be criticized, so long as it is in terms of the decision, really, and not ad hominem against the justices. I just think that doesn’t do any good,” the chief justice said.
In March, Roberts responded quickly when Trump called U.S. District Judge James Boasberg “crooked,” coming down on the idea of impeachment not being the answer. Actually, he’s right, but for a different reason than he gave. It’s pointless as it would never go anywhere.
As an aside, Roberts is a friend of Boasberg’s. By association, that’s concerning. He has other sketchy friends like Norm Eisen, who is behind many of these lawsuits against Trump, and was, ironically, heavily involved in impeachment efforts against Donald Trump.
“Impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts, an appointee of George W. Bush, said at the time.
In a speech earlier this month, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Biden appointee who doesn’t know what a woman is, condemned “threats and harassment.” She said they amounted to “attacks on our democracy [that] ultimately risk undermining our Constitution and the rule of law.”
Roberts’ public tone since Jackson’s remarks has been notably less dire. At a judicial event in Buffalo last week, he repeated his earlier written statement opposing impeachment of judges over decisions, but didn’t elaborate.
Sotomayor recently outright weaponized the Supreme Court, telling law firms to fight the Trump lawsuits without mentioning his name.
Roberts assured the students on Monday that the members of the Court all get along. That’s nice.
“We have to work together on these things that are difficult. You find a way to get along,” Roberts said. “It’s a long job. If you’re sort of really at each other’s throats with bad feelings and stuff like that, it just — it’s not a good way to function. … We do have to address some very, very difficult things, and we’re the only people who are doing it.”
Roberts, 70, isn’t retiring anytime soon. He said he has a “good, balanced way of looking at things.” [Like Obamacare? It’s a tax, but not a tax?]
Dear Justice Roberts; Here’s the thing; there are 3 co-equal branches of government in this country all created by the Constitution. The executive, the legislative, and the judicial. That is the President, the Congress, and the SCOTUS. District judges are NOT a part of that equation. They are creatures of Congress and can be created or abolished at will.
Suck it up, Buttercup
Rule of law is threatened by judicial misconduct, legislating from the bench and following their own far left agenda rather than the law. Congress does have the authority to curtail what the court can take up to rule on. They should exercise that right
According to Roberts, everyone is subject to criticism except Supreme Court Justices; that is, these jurists should be allowed to make any harebrained decision they want and be free of criticisms. Regal Roberts should required to re-read the Constitution.
Just shut the hell up and do YOUR job, not the Presidents!
If SCOTUS wants respect start following the US Constitution and stop issuing all these bogus partisan rulings. The average American citizen is showing better judgement than some Justices. If you are compromised-resign!
Roberts is nervous and emotional. He has been embarrassed 3 times the past 2 months. He is now being sued for influence.
We know he has a club of leftist judges. So now he whines that his precious club is properly under attack. That’s not objective or credible, to be pulling for his club. It makes him look worse, and scared.
Any alleged ‘endangerment is a self inflicted wound. Feral federal judges are partisans making a mockery of the law and a Supreme Court Justice became a public advocate for the lawfare. Clean up your act, reign in the ferals, reinforce that district judges have no authority outside of their districts and end the infliction of bondless injunctions covering people who are not parties to the suit in question. You know, kindergarten level stuff.
Rather ironic, considering how he apparently got the ‘midnight call’ and flip-flopped on the ObamaCare decision. You could see it in his eyes the morning of his announcement – he was scared. Tell us again how ‘independent’ your SCOTUS has been in upholding the Constitution?
Maybe if you weren’t a compromised POS protecting other compromised POS’s some may take you seriously, I however never will. Obamcare is proof you are a compromised POS, and most of your rulings since then support that claim. You should be the first one impeached, Barret would be next. And the POS judges you are trying to protect should be put in jail for not upholding their OATH TO GOD to protect and defend the Constitution. YOU TURM MY STOMACH!
Roberts is a compromised fraud. No one has done more to tarnish the reputation of the Supreme Court than this guy. If he truly wants to uphold the rule of law and respect the Constitution he should resign, but my guess is he’ll hold on and continue to burn down the rule of law by letting those who control him tell him how to make his decisions.
Now that we know you are compromised Judge Roberts – WHEN ARE YOU LEAVING??? Search YT for Musk Roberts #BHOGFY
Judges need to stay in their lane by impartially following the Constitution, and the law.
Roberts does not like that part of the Constitution where judges can be removed. So he whines.
Well John, all I can say is, don’t start none, won’t be none.
Biden/ Democrats ignored the law at least 10 Million times – once for each of the 10 Million people they helped enter the USA illegally – but judge Roberts could not see anything against the rule of law in that.
Judge Roberts must be removed.
Citizens can speak as they please in free country, right “Justice” Roberts?
Not when it makes him nervous. Then the law does not apply.
Then do the job you were assigned to you. If you need a copy of the US Constitution I will send it to you. That goes for all 9 of you!!!!!!
If Roberts wants the American people to stop trashing him and the leftist justices on the Supreme Court, he should stop trashing our Constitution.
One of the DARKEST NIGHTMARES of the Founding Fathers was JUDICIAL SUPREMACY. And with help from MORON RINO DUMBya BUSH’s CONTINUING INSULT TO AMERICA, RINO ROBERTS, its now here and it’s STRANGLING AMERICA (just as it has done in Brazil)
We’ll stop trashing the justices when they ACT LIKE JUSTICES and rule by the US Constitution, not the justices BUTT-HURT FEELINGS.
The judges have NO Constitutional authority to issue orders to ANYONE!
A word to the wise, Chief Justice Roberts: The Constitution of the USA was ratified in June 1788, and officially became the Law of the Land in March 1789. For 236 years it provided the framework to Make America Great. If you want respect, then respect the constitution as written!
We know he does not, for example, he ridiculed the Constitutional procedure for removing judges.
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