Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts took a veiled shot at President Trump on Monday during remarks at Georgetown Law.
This is the third time that Roberts has publicly rebuked Trump in recent months.
Roberts didn’t call out Trump by name but he decried ad hominem attacks against justices.
“The court has obviously made mistakes throughout its history, and those should be criticized, so long as it is in terms of the decision, really, and not ad hominem against the justices. I just think that doesn’t do any good,” Roberts said, according to Politico.
Politico reported:
Chief Justice John Roberts described the rule of law as “endangered” and warned against “trashing the justices,” but speaking in Washington Monday he didn’t point fingers directly at President Donald Trump or his allies for publicly excoriating judges who’ve ruled against aspects of Trump’s agenda.
“The notion that rule of law governs is the basic proposition,” Roberts said during an appearance at Georgetown Law. “Certainly as a matter of theory, but also as a matter of practice, we need to stop and reflect every now and then how rare that is, certainly rare throughout history, and rare in the world today.”
