US EditionChief Justice Roberts reiterates support for judicial independence
- On Monday evening in Buffalo, Chief Justice John Roberts made a rare public appearance to celebrate the 125 years since the establishment of the federal court serving the western region of New York.
- Roberts returned to his hometown event amid heightened national debate over judicial independence and recent politically charged calls for judge impeachments.
- Joined by longtime friend Judge Lawrence Vilardo, Roberts spoke candidly about the judiciary’s role, noting the necessity of courts as a coequal, independent government branch.
- He emphasized that judicial independence is vital and firmly asserted that impeachment should not be used as a means to express opposition to judicial rulings, remarks that were met with applause from the more than 600 people in attendance.
- Roberts’ remarks reaffirmed the judiciary’s role in checking congressional and executive excesses and underscored resistance to political interference amid ongoing court challenges.
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It’s a rare thing for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to make public appearances. It’s equally rare for the highest judge in the land to openly rebuke the President of the United States on POLITICAL MATTERS. John Roberts has managed to pull off BOTH, two different times, in a matter of months. And both times it was to assert the inviolability of the Supreme Court from any checks from the President, while simultaneously asserting that the …
Chief Justice John Roberts says judiciary role is to ‘check the excesses’ of Congress, executive branch
"In our Constitution, judges and the judiciary is a co equal branch of government, separate from the others, with the authority to interpret the Constitution as law and strike down, obviously, acts of Congress or acts of of the President."
Chief Justice Roberts defends judicial independence, rejects impeachment talk | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
BUFFALO, N.Y. >> Chief Justice John Roberts defended the independence of the judiciary and denounced any attempt to impeach judges over disagreements with their rulings during rare public remarks on Wednesday evening.
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