U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a warning about the increasing number of threats to the judiciary's independence. He cited violent threats against judges, online intimidation, disinformation about court cases amplified by social media, and cyber threats from foreign actors as key concerns. Roberts also expressed alarm about suggestions by elected officials, across the political spectrum, to disregard court rulings they disagree with.
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday warned about a rising number of threats to the judiciary’s independence, including calls for violence against judges and “dangerous” suggestions by elected officials to disregard court rulings they disagree with.
Those areas of threats, he said, include a “significant” uptick in violent threats and online intimidation directed at judges, disinformation about court cases magnified by social media, and cyber threats posed by foreign state actors. Roberts also highlighted what he said were instances in the past few years in which “elected officials from across the political spectrum have raised the spectre of open disregard for federal court rulings.”Roberts, a member of the court’s 6-3 conservative majority, did not specify which cases he was referring to, nor did he reference recent Supreme Court rulings that have set off political firestorms.
Roberts’ report also did not discuss recent ethics controversies concerning gifts and travel received by members of the Supreme Court that have prompted investigations by Democratic lawmakers and calls for reforms.
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