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

The chief justice defends court’s impartiality after decisions on abortion, presidential immunity and voting rights 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 l...

By Chris Stein in Washington

Supreme Court chief justice pinpoints what Americans misunderstand about he and his colleagues

Chief Justice John Roberts says people fundamentally misunderstand the Supreme Court's role, insisting justices interpret law rather than make policy.