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Roberts Warns: Criticize Rulings, Not Judges, at Conference

5/7/2026

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Chief Justice John Roberts warned the public mischaracterizes the Supreme Court as a policy-making body instead of an interpreter.
At a lawyers’ conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania, he defended the Court’s role, said it must issue unpopular rulings, and urged criticism of decisions, not judges.
He noted security threats to judges and belongs to the Court’s 6-3 majority that has shifted law on abortion, gun rights and the Voting Rights Act.

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Chief Justice John Roberts warned the public mischaracterizes the Supreme Court as a policy-making body instead of an interpreter.
At a lawyers’ conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania, he defended the Court’s role, said it must issue unpopular rulings, and urged criticism of decisions, not judges.
He noted security threats to judges and belongs to the Court’s 6-3 majority that has shifted law on abortion, gun rights and the Voting Rights Act.