Summary
- Roberts defends judiciary’s independence against Trump attacks
- He emphasizes impeachment not for judicial disagreements
- ‘This judge … should be IMPEACHED!!!’ Trump had said
WASHINGTON, March 18 – U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts rebuked President Donald Trump on Tuesday for urging the impeachment of a federal judge, laying bare tensions between the country’s chief executive and the judiciary as Trump’s sweeping assertions of power run into judicial roadblocks.
In a rare statement, Roberts wrote: “For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.”