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The court has obviously made mistakes throughout its history, and those should be criticized. So long as it is in terms of the decision, really, and not ad hominem against the justices. I just think that doesn’t do any good.
— Chief Justice John Roberts, in comments given during a speaking engagement held at Georgetown Law earlier this week, where he once again condemned attacks being made against Supreme Court justices. He further went on to note that he thought the rule of law was “endangered” among young Americans, saying, “We’re developing a situation where a whole group of young people is growing up having no real sense about how our system of justice works.”
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