Chief Justice Roberts sounds alarm on dangerous rhetoric aimed at judges from politicians

U S Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts warned Saturday of the dangers of politicians using heated rhetoric against judges It becomes wrapped up in the political dispute that a judge who s doing his or her job is part of the concern Roberts commented in Charlotte North Carolina at the Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit a gathering of judges and lawyers And the danger of class is somebody might pick up on that And we have had of module serious threats of violence and murder of judges just entirely for doing their work So I think the political people on both sides of the aisle need to keep that in mind Roberts didn t name anyone but appeared to be referencing President Donald Trump and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer when he disclosed he'd felt compelled to speak out against rhetoric by Democrats and Republicans in the past CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS DOUBLES DOWN ON DEFENSE OF COURTS AS SCOTUS GEARS UP TO HEAR KEY TRUMP CASESTrump has criticized judges multiple times over the years including calling for the impeachment of a judge who ruled against a deportation approach earlier this year referring to him as radical left and a lunatic Roberts responded at the time saying For more than two centuries it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose In Roberts condemned Schumer for saying that Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch would pay the price regarding an abortion rights occurrence during Trump s first term EX-SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTHONY KENNEDY PLEADS FOR CIVIL POLITICAL DISCOURSE WARNS DEMOCRACY IS AT HAZARD You have issued the whirlwind and you will pay the price Schumer stated at a rally outside the Supreme Court at the time You will not know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions Schumer later declared he was referring to the political price he thought Senate Republicans would pay but he mentioned I shouldn't have used the words I did but in no way was I making a threat I never never would do such a thing and Leader McConnell knows that Roberts at the time reported of Schumer Justices know that criticism comes with the territory but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of administration are not only inappropriate they are dangerous All members of the court will continue to do their job without fear or favor from whatever quarter CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn April an armed man who was arrested outside of Kavanaugh s home pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate the justice Roberts remarks came after the Supreme Court issued the final decisions of its term handing the Trump administration a win Friday by limiting judges ability to block his agenda through court orders The Associated Press contributed to this account