Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
Impeachment is not how you register disagreement with decisions. That’s what we’re there for. This job is to obviously decide cases, but in the course of that, to check the excesses of Congress or the executive, and that does require a degree of independence.
— Chief Justice John Roberts, in remarks given during a speaking engagement earlier this week, where he continued his defense of the judiciary amid Donald Trump’s repeated attacks upon judges and their rulings. Roberts’s comments drew applause from the audience, as he called for the administration to respect the appellate process.
Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
Impeachment is not how you register disagreement with decisions. That’s what we’re there for. This job is to obviously decide cases, but in the course of that, to check the excesses of Congress or the executive, and that does require a degree of independence.
— Chief Justice John Roberts, in remarks given during a speaking engagement earlier this week, where he continued his defense of the judiciary amid Donald Trump’s repeated attacks upon judges and their rulings. Roberts’s comments drew applause from the audience, as he called for the administration to respect the appellate process.
Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
The post John Roberts Once Again Rebukes Donald Trump’s Attacks On The Judiciary appeared first on Above the Law.
