Chief Justice John Roberts warns of threats to judicial independence in his annual report, citing intimidation, disinformation, and potential defiance of court orders by public officials.
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a defense Tuesday of judicial independence, which he said is under threat from intimidation, disinformation and the prospect of public officials defying court orders. Roberts laid out his concerns in his annual report on the federal judiciary.
It was released after a year where the nation's court system was unusually enmeshed in a closely fought presidential race, with then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump having his attempts to disqualify him from the ballot halted by the court. The immunity decision was criticized by Democrats like President Joe Biden, who later called for term limits and an enforceable ethics code following criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices. Roberts, for his part, introduced his letter by recounting a story about King George III stripping colonial judges of lifetime appointments, an order that was “not well received.” Trump is now readying for a second term as president with an ambitious conservative agenda, elements of which are likely to be legally challenged and end up before the court whose conservative majority includes three justices appointed by Trump during his first term. When the chief justice rebuked the president for denouncing a judge who rejected his migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge.” Roberts didn't mention Trump, Biden or any other specific leader in this year's annual repor
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