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... The chief justice was responding to a question from U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal about criticisms of the Supreme Court and its rulings.
Rosenthal, who was appointed to the federal trial court in Texas by former President George H.W. Bush, thanked Roberts for his defense of lower court judges, saying judges know "you have our backs."
Roberts acknowledged that criticisms of the Supreme Court's decisions "come with the territory," and sometimes come from fellow justices in the form of dissents.
"We don't believe we're flawless in any way and it's important that our decisions are subjected to scrutiny, and they are," he said.
But, Roberts continued, "the problem sometimes is that the criticism can move from a focus on legal analysis to personalities.
And you see -- from all over, not just any one political perspective on it -- that it's more directed in a personal way and that frankly can be actually quite dangerous."
The chief justice's comments come as federal judges around the country have encountered a surge of threats, many of them arising after issuing decisions against the Trump administration.
President Trump and senior members of his administration have also leveled accusations against judges whose rulings they disagree with, claiming they are "far-left" and "rogue" activists. ...
@#35 ... Wow, Danforth is always good for a massive deflection and claiming I said or did things I never said. ...
Wow, your current trolling alias seems to have sunk to a new low.
Will it celebrate that new low, and revel in it?