Democrat Seeks to Punish Chief Justice Roberts With Impeachment

Roberts addressed those criticisms directly during remarks at a gathering of lawyers and judges in Pennsylvania earlier this month.

He defended the high court and the judiciary and pushed back against claims that the Supreme Court operates as a political institution.

“I think at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, [that] we’re saying we think this is what things should be as opposed to this is what the law provides,” Roberts said.

“I think they view us as truly political actors, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do. I would say that’s the main difficulty,” he said, via Newsweek.