在一次罕见的公开露面中，首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨周二发表了对最高法院、联邦司法机构和个别法官的批评，称“针对个人的敌意是危险的，必须停止。”
罗伯茨概括地谈到对法院和法官的攻击在与美国地方法院法官李·罗森塔尔的一次谈话中莱斯大学贝克研究所.
他没有提到任何具体的批评或争议，尽管他的评论是在最高法院最近里程碑式的裁决受到高度关注的时候发表的总统权力。
“这是与生俱来的，”罗伯茨谈到批评时说。“这非常有益健康。我们不相信我们在任何方面都是完美的。很重要的一点是，我们的决定必须接受审查，事实也的确如此。问题有时在于，批评可能会从关注法律分析转移到人身攻击上。”
对个别法官和大法官的暴力威胁已经飙升据执法官员称。四年前，一名男子在布雷特·卡瓦诺大法官的家门外被捕暗杀他的意图。他后来被判有罪，并被判处8年监禁。
罗伯茨谨慎地表示，没有“一种政治观点”对这些威胁负责，但随着它们变得更加“个人化”，它们“实际上可能相当危险。”
“全国各地的法官都非常努力地工作以确保正确，”他说，“如果他们不这样做，他们的意见就会受到批评。但针对个人的敌意是危险的，必须停止。”
此前，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)对最高法院提出了新一轮批评，他指责罗伯茨和他的几名同行(其中一些是特朗普任命到法院的)在他们离开后“不忠诚”和“不爱国”被判无效他的全面全球关税计划。特朗普周一声称，该法院是一个“武器化和不公正的政治组织”，正在“伤害我们的国家”。
特朗普还点名批评了美国地区法官詹姆斯·博斯伯格(James Boasberg)，此前博斯伯格周五阻止了司法部的美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔的传票作为对他处理美联储大楼数十亿美元翻新的刑事调查的一部分。
去年，特朗普呼吁博阿斯伯格综合症控告此前法官暂时阻止了政府对委内瑞拉的快速遣返。这些评论引发了罗伯茨当时罕见的公开回应，他在一份声明中表示，弹劾不是败诉方的适当求助手段。
总体而言，特朗普经历了一场良好的记录在他第二个任期的第一年，他在高等法院赢得了几乎所有的紧急请求，允许他推进在下级法院进行诉讼的有争议的政策。他还受益于2025年一项具有里程碑意义的裁决，该裁决限制了法官发布全国性禁令的能力，以及2024年一项授予总统刑事起诉豁免权的全面决定。
“我实际上尽量不去过多阅读外界的批评，”罗伯茨告诉罗森塔尔。“你知道，这只是因为你在做别的事情，你不想太担心——你已经尽力了，这就是你能做的一切。”
Chief Justice Roberts: 'Personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it's got to stop'
In a rare public appearance,Chief Justice John Robertson Tuesday addressed criticism of the Supreme Court, the federal judiciary and individual judges, saying "personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it's got to stop."
Roberts spoke generally aboutattacks on courts and judges, which have surged in recent years, during a conversation with U.S. District Court Judge Lee Rosenthal at theBaker Institute at Rice University.
He did not address any specific criticism or controversy, though the comments come at a time of heightened scrutiny of the court's recent landmark decisions onpresidential power.
"It does come with the territory," Roberts said of criticism. "It can very much be healthy. We don't believe that we're flawless in any way. It is important that -- important that our decisions are subjected to scrutiny, and they are. The problem sometimes is that the criticism can move from a focus on legal analysis to personalities."
Violent threats against individual judges and justiceshave spiked, according to law enforcement officials. Four years ago, a man was arrested outside the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh with theintention of assassinating him. He was later convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison.
Roberts was careful to say that no "one political perspective" is responsible for the threats, but that as they become more "personal" they "can be actually quite dangerous."
"Judges around the country work very hard to get it right," he said, "and if they don't, their opinions are subject to criticism. But personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it's got to stop."
The remarks came on the heels of a fresh wave of criticism of the Supreme Court from President Donald Trump, who has accused Roberts and several of his peers -- some of whom Trump appointed to the court -- of being "disloyal" and "unpatriotic" after theyruled againsthis sweeping global tariffs program. Trump alleged on Monday that the court is a "weaponized and unjust political organization" that is "hurting our country."
Trump has also singled out U.S. District Judge James Boasberg for intense criticism after Boasberg on Friday blocked the Justice Department’ssubpoenas of Fed Chair Jerome Powellas part of a criminal investigation into his handling of a multibillion-dollar renovation of the Federal Reserve Building.
Last year, Trump called for Boasberg'simpeachmentafter the judge temporarily blocked the administration's fast-tracked deportations to Venezuela. The comments prompted a rare public response at the time from Roberts, who said in a statement that impeachment was not an appropriate recourse for a losing party in a case.
Overall, Trump has had afavorable track recordat the high court during the first year of his second term, winning nearly every emergency request of permission to move forward with controversial policies being litigated in lower courts. He has also benefitted from a 2025 landmark ruling that limited the ability of judges to issue nationwide injunctions and a sweeping 2024 decision granting presidential immunity from criminal prosecution.
"I actually try not to read outside criticism too much," Roberts told Rosenthal. "And it's, you know, just because you're on to something else, and you don't want to worry too much about -- you've done your best and that's all you can do."
