Chief Roberts 2019 yr end report - Do I dare hope?
Chief Justice Roberts just released his 2019 year-end report on the federal judiciary. At the close of his jauntily written tribute to civic education, I detect a subtle rebuke of some conservative lower-court judges whose recent opinions read like partisan screeds. 1/
He asks his colleagues to “promote public confidence in the judiciary” thru “their rulings” to preserve America’s “independent judiciary”. That means showing “humility” and “integrity” in written opinions so the public believes judges are delivering “equal justice under law”. 6/
Public trust in the courts is a well-worn theme for the Chief. Nothing new there. But these comments—and Roberts’s direct “ask” of his colleagues—have a different ring in light of some recent brazenly partisan rulings from lower-court judges. 7/
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