[Opinion] John Roberts Is Hanging District Court Judges Out to Dry

John Roberts Is Hanging District Court Judges Out to Dry

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Roberts warns against personal attacks on judges as Supreme Court navigates tariff fallout

Chief Justice John Roberts told an audience at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy in Houston on Tuesday that personal attacks on the judiciary have crossed a line. His message was blunt. "Personally directed hostility is dangerous and it's got to stop." Roberts distinguished criticizing judicial opinions, which he called expected and "important," and shifting from "legal analysis to personalities," which he described as "frankly…