Chief Justice John Roberts often laments that he has limited clout as he deals with his eight Supreme Court colleagues.

During nearly three hours of historic Supreme Court arguments, John Roberts said little. But the cagey chief justice made some points abundantly clear.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts decried the “dangerous” hot rhetoric being wielded against judges for simply “doing his or her job” by interpreting the law — after the court ...

According to Gallup, public approval of the Supreme Court reached 43% in July 2024. That's down from 58% in July 2020, and 61% in September 2009. Gershman said that Roberts is aware that the court ...

Mr. Roberts’s protestations to the contrary notwithstanding, judges are political actors, and striking down federal election laws is an aggressive act of governance by the judiciary.

The dean of Georgetown Law, William Treanor, right, listens as U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks to the graduating class of 2025 in Washington D.C. on May 12, 2025.

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts, speaking at a moment when threats against judges are on the rise, warned on Saturday that elected officials' heated words about judges can lead to threats ...