Overview

• Roberts rebuffed uninformed critiques of Supreme Court decisions as mere “venting,” urging critics to focus on substantive legal arguments rather than winners and losers.
• He highlighted a rise in threats and attempted violence against judges, warning that aggressive political rhetoric can inspire such actions.
• Without naming individuals, Roberts alluded to past public rebukes of both President Trump and Senate leader Chuck Schumer for hostile comments about the judiciary.
• Addressing judges and lawyers in Charlotte one day after the court’s final 6-3 ideological rulings, he underscored the importance of preserving judicial independence.
• Roberts acknowledged that end-of-term opinions had been crammed together and pledged to space out major decisions next term to improve court workflow.