Chief Justice John Roberts warns personal attacks on judges have 'got to stop

[hookaleft]

Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday said that personal criticism of judges is dangerous and urged prominent figures to dial down the rhetoric just days after President Donald Trump launched his most recent broadside against the Supreme Court.

Roberts, the head of the federal judiciary, said in public remarks at Rice University in Houston that critiques of the substance of Supreme Court rulings are part of the job but that some more pointed comments have gone too far. He did not mention Trump specifically.

"The problem sometimes is that the criticism can move from a focus on legal analysis to personalities. And you see from all over, I mean, 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," Roberts said.

"Personally directed hostility is dangerous and has got to stop," he added.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/chief-justice-john-roberts-warns-personal-attacks-judges-got-stop-rcna263927

[Lovie777]

1. Well you guys allows shithole to do.....

whatever he wants.

Eff you and the other RW 5.

[RockRaven]

2. He and his KKKourt are not engaged in legal analysis. They are engaged in subjugation of the populace

in service of the wealthy. So he can fuck all the way off with this mealy mouthed both-siderism whining.

The words and actions of each human person in any public office are worthy of individual and specific critique -- including their origins/motives. That is inherently personal. If he doesn't like that he can resign/retire.

[Chasstev365]

3. Why? Roberts made up total immunity for Trump just so Republicans could win a presidential election

Surely he must realize that MAGA think they too are immune.

Supreme Court rulings have consequences, Johnny!

[UpInArms]

4. Awwww ... does Johnny have a sad?

FAFO …

You built the Frankenstein monster, you can sleep with it

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Too late to close the barn door.

[Whip-poor-will]

6. trump trashing judges

Talk to the trump first ,buddy

[MineralMan]

7. Feeling the Heat, Johnny?

A bit uncomfortable are you?

[themaguffin]

8. He helped enable this and continues to. The irony is rich.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

9. I have celebrated pretty much every election since Gore

by calling the people on the court that day and the people who actively fought to stop vote counting, you Kav and Phoney Barrett as the Aholeś who have brought this and worse on yourselves.

You made your bed lay in it

[pecosbob]

10. American citizens warn Chief Justice John Roberts that these personal attacks on American citizens must stop.

When all the nazis disappear back into the woodwork, what will you do then?

[City Lights]

11. Your boy is out of control, John! nt

[Qutzupalotl]

12. I'm not in favor of harassment, but

there is a simple solution: resign.

You’ve already ruined the country; your work is done. So pat yourselves on the back and stop actively making things worse.

[DFW]

13. As Chief Justice of a 9 member court containing six solidly rightist to extremist rightist members

If Roberts is expecting the public to remain silent about all the anti-public decisions his court has rendered over time, then maybe he is in the wrong line of work.

[CanonRay]

14. Stop making dumb ass politicized decisions

and maybe it will be better for you.

[milestogo]

15. I don't care for your legal analysis OR your personality.

If you can't stand the heat, maybe you shouldn't be head chef.

[2naSalit]

16. Oh Hunny...

This is the part of the story where Dr. Frankenstein is confronted by his monster!

You're the publisher of this tale so sit down and stfu, meet the monster of your making... it's the best part of the story, for us!

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Being A Partisan Idealogue Has Consequences

Johnny is feeling those consequences.
And he doesn't like it.
Simply being a dispassionate arbiter of law & not a political zealot could gave prevented this. But, he brought it on himself.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. Trump headed for Supreme Court bruising as John Roberts 'lost patience with him': expert

trump has been an asshole to the courts and judges for a while. The attacks that trump made on the SCOTUS tariff ruling has pissed off Roberts

Trump headed for Supreme Court bruising as John Roberts 'lost patience with him': expert

www.rawstory.com/trump-john-r...

— Anne Grete (GoogeliArt) 🦋💙PD (@googeliart.bsky.social) 2026-03-17T09:04:21.224Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-john-roberts-2676213906/

A meltdown by US Attorney Jeanine Pirro over being blocked by Judge James Boasberg in her attempt to subpoena the Federal Reserve as she pursues Chair Jerome Powell is setting up a possible showdown in the Supreme Court — which will not go well, according to a former prosecutor.

Appearing on MS NOW Monday, former Palm Beach County state attorney Dave Aronberg claimed Pirro has every intention of running to the nation’s highest court for relief.

But he warned it will not be forthcoming.

On Friday, a furious Pirro shouted at reporters, “By inserting himself and preventing the grand jury from even obtaining — let alone hearing evidence — he [Boasberg] has neutered the grand jury's ability to investigate crime.”

According to Aronberg, Pirro’s saber-rattling combined with Donald Trump’s attacks on Powell on social media will make it hard for the DOJ to get a sign-off to proceed from the nation’s highest court.

“Trump was literally hoisted with his own petard, to use a Shakespeare reference, especially because yesterday was the ides of March,” Aronberg told the hosts.....

“But in that tariff ruling recently, Chief Justice Roberts seemed like he's lost some patience with Trump, and he didn't give the president anywhere near the deference he gave him in the immunity ruling,” he went on. “And so, I think, this ruling will hold up on appeal, especially because you've seen other rulings by the Supreme Court that show that they put the Fed in a unique place, a special bubble that protects them.

[VanceFan]

19. Fuck him

I have zero respect for the current "Supreme" Court. They deserve anything bad that happens to them.

[Takket]

20. Who is her referring to?

The guy that Roberts personally bent over backwards to save his political career with an absolute immunity ruling that every legal scholar said was an utterly absurd and meritless case before it even got to SCOTUS, thus shutting down numerous criminal cases and ultimately resulting in said person becoming president and wreaking havoc on the entire globe?

Or someone else?