John Roberts Defends Judiciary After Donald Trump Criticizes Supreme Court Over Tariff Ruling

John Roberts warned that personal attacks on judges are dangerous after Donald Trump criticized the Supreme Court for striking down his global tariffs.The 6-3 ruling invalidated the trade policy because the president lacked legal authority, resulting in a 1.6 trillion dollar revenue gap for the government.Statistics from the US Marshals Service show that serious threats against federal judges have increased by 78 percent during the last four years.Roberts emphasized at Rice University that justices do not represent the political views of the presidents who appointed them to the federal bench.
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