Roberts: attacks on judges- "dangerous and it's got to stop"

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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. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-17 09:43 PM | Reply

... President Donald Trump lashed out at "the courts," which he said treat him "so unfairly," in a two-part social media missive Sunday night full of falsehoods and pointed criticisms. He noted that his posts "will cause me nothing but problems in the future, but I feel it is my obligation to speak the TRUTH."

"Trump just posted a lot of words about the Supreme Court and other courts " many of which were not true," Politico senior legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney posted on X, after the President's Truth Social posts. "The rest is one of the most incendiary attacks on the court in memory."

The first post started with Trump blasting the Supreme Court for ruling last month that most of the sweeping tariffs the Administration imposed on imports since the start of Trump's second presidential term were illegal.

"The decision that mattered most to me was TARIFFS!" Trump wrote. "The Court knew where I stood, how badly I wanted this Victory for our Country, and instead decided to, potentially, give away Trillions of Dollars to Countries and Companies who have been taking advantage of the United States for decades." But the President falsely claimed the Supreme Court gave him the "absolute right" to charge the tariffs in "another form" -- something Trump has repeatedly suggested but the six-justice majority did not entertain -- and he said his Administration has "already started" to pursue that.

Trump then thanked Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and his own appointee Brett Kavanaugh -- all of whom dissented in the tariff ruling -- for "their wisdom and courage," while sharply criticizing the court's majority. While Trump did not mention particular justices, Trump bristled at how "they openly disrespect the Presidents who nominate them to the highest position in the Land, a Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and go out of their way, with bad and wrongful rulings and intentions, to prove how honest,' independent,' and legitimate' they are." ...

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-17 09:48 PM | Reply

How about FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-17 10:46 PM | Reply