US Chief Justice Roberts underscores defense of judiciary amid Trump's attacks

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Reuters

May 8, 2025 7:01 AM EDT Updated 3 hours ago


BUFFALO, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts underscored his defense of the American judiciary on Wednesday amid verbal attacks by President Donald Trump and his allies on judges who have impeded aspects of his sweeping agenda, again stating that impeachment is an inappropriate response to unfavorable rulings.

Trump, some fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk have advocated impeaching some of the judges who have issued decisions against the president's policies since he returned to office in January, a process in Congress that could lead to removal from the bench. "Impeachment is not how you register disagreement with decisions," Roberts said during remarks at a judicial event in Buffalo, New York.

Roberts, who leads the Supreme Court and its 6-3 conservative majority, did not mention Trump by name. But his comments echoed the rare rebuke issued by Roberts of the president in March after Trump called for the impeachment of a judge who had ordered his administration to halt the removal of Venezuelan migrants under a 1798 law called the Alien Enemies Act. Trump also labeled the judge a "Radical Left Lunatic."

The Supreme Court increasingly is being called upon to intervene in major legal disputes involving the president, whose aggressive agenda and flurry of executive orders often have been stymied by lower courts. Critics have accused the administration of defying lower court orders and even a Supreme Court ruling involving Trump's crackdown on immigration. Roberts on Wednesday indicated that the appeals process - not impeachment - is the proper way to deal with adverse rulings.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-chief-justice-roberts-underscores-defense-judiciary-amid-trumps-attacks-2025-05-08/

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He owns this mess.

[Chasstev365]

1. Too Late Johnnie:

Immunity and Citizens United?
I hold you personally responsible for the demise of America democracy.

[Botany]

2. Fuck you Justice Roberts you ruled that the 14th Amendment section 3 didn't say exactly what it says

…. and that Krasnov is above the law.

[PATRICK]

3. Just a baseless guess but

Roberts is a Bush bought appointment, even though his dedication to proto(neo?)-Nazi preceded his fixing of the Florida 2000 recount. Will there be a moment when either THE phone call comes or a needful assertion of his authority will go DIRECTLY against Trump? Or is the delay, fog, delay, and somewhat entitle and protection of all the sh*t game going to keep the law trickling down to parody?

[Miguelito Loveless]

4. And yet, they still handed

trump a victory on banning trans soldiers from the military.

Roberts will go down in history with the Nazi judges who ruled for Hitler.

[UpInArms]

5. In other words

DONALD STOP!

[Hotler]

6. Whiner. nt

[Scubamatt]

7. See! The Leopards . . .

will come for your face too, Johnnie!

[Blues Heron]

8. i dont think they are looking to register their disagreement, that quaint shit is out the window.

Musk/trump want the judges gone, period.

[usonian]

9. Related: Dr. Frankenstein regrets monster as it rips his limbs off.

F U to hell. "J. R."



Trump!

You let the evil Jeannie out of the bottle.

Bye bye Larry Hagman.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Buh buh buh...

It was "all a dream!!111!!!!!1!!"

[rubbersole]

14. Wish this was...

..instead of a Chucky nightmare.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Or a Freddie one!

[Hugin]

11. I am not going to hold my breath waiting for the Retrumplicans to heel to Roberts.

He sold his legacy for a fist full of plain beans.

[NNadir]

12. It's too little too late to undo the destruction of the Constitution the thugs on the Supreme Court...

...did so much to cause.

[DENVERPOPS]

13. My guess is

that the U.S. Supreme Court Justices are suddenly waking up to the fact that a Tyranny doesn't have the need a Judicial Branch of Government..................

Next will be the Republican House Members and Senators will wake up to the fact that a Tyranny doesn't have the need for the Legislative Branch, either.....

If things continue, I wonder if they both won't be obliterated in the next few years..........

HEY, you all...........You Grew It, You Chew It......to be perfectly vulgar.......

[republianmushroom]

16. Come on, Roberts, you own this whole god damn mess.