US supreme court justices not ‘political’, John Roberts says amid backlash

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US supreme court justices not ‘political’, John Roberts says amid backlash

US chief justice John Roberts has insisted supreme court judges are not “political actors” amid outrage over its recent decision undermining the Voting Right Act , and other moves that have benefited …

US chief justice John Roberts has insisted supreme court judges are not “political actors” amid outrage over its recent decision undermining the Voting Right Act , and other moves that have benefited Donald Trump and his allies. “I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what the law provides,” Roberts told a conference for judges and lawyers in Hershey, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, according to …

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