US EditionRoberts says he has no plans to retire: ‘I’m going out feet first’
- During an event commemorating over a century of federal judiciary service in the Western New York region, Chief Justice John Roberts told an audience of 600 legal professionals in his hometown that he does not intend to retire soon.
- Roberts made these remarks amid a rise in attacks and intimidation targeting judges responsible for halting aspects of President Trump's agenda, including personal insults and unwanted pizza deliveries to their residences.
- The Supreme Court is currently considering urgent requests related to decisions from lower courts that have frequently ruled unfavorably against Trump, including reinstating the transgender military service ban and pausing certain deportations under a centuries-old wartime statute.
- Roberts stressed the importance of maintaining judicial independence and asserted that impeachment should not be used as a means to express opposition to court decisions, highlighting the court's role in restraining overreach by Congress or the executive branch.
- These developments suggest the ongoing tension between the judiciary and Trump’s administration could shape future court decisions and affect judicial independence amid calls for judge impeachments.
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Morning Docket: 05.08.25 - Above the Law
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John Roberts Says He Won’t Retire
“Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday he doesn’t think about retiring, but he once asked two longtime friends to intervene if his health is ever in decline,” The Hill reports. Said Roberts: “I’ve sat down with them and said, ‘I want at the appropriate time’ — because you don’t always notice that you’re slipping — ‘I want the two of you to tell me if it’s time to go.’ It was a long pause, and at once, the two of them said, ‘It’s time to go.’…
Chief Justice Roberts, 70: Not Thinking of Retiring
Chief Justice John Roberts, 70, who has been on the Supreme Court since 2005, said Wednesday that he hasn’t thought about retiring but he doesn’t want to be a burden to the court should his health decline. “I’m sure if your health declines and if you recognize that you’re a burden to the court rather than part of an assist to everybody, then you know it’ll be time to go,” Roberts said in a fireside chat from Buffalo, New York, where he was marki…
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