'John Roberts has had enough': Analysts say Supreme Court just put Trump on notice

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By Erik De La Garza
Published March 20, 2026 9:04 PM ET

Legal commentators say Chief Justice John Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trump after warning that criticism of judges can spiral into personal attacks.

Speaking this week at Rice University in Houston, Roberts suggested that criticism of court rulings can become problematic when it shifts “from a focus on legal analysis to personalities.”

“Their opinions are subject to criticism,” Roberts said of judges across the judiciary during the appearance on Tuesday. “But personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it’s got to stop.”

https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-trump-2676478321/

Hey John Roberts three things came to mind when I read this................

1. What day did you give this traitor the immunity keys along with your 5 other feckless maga compatriots............that's right it was on July 1, 2024, Trump v. United States.................

2. Ever read the book by Joyce Vance , Giving Up Is Unforgivable, go to the last paragraph in page 48 and read to the end of the chapter to page 53 ..........it says everything about you and your court..............

3. You and your maga 5 justices sitting on the bench are going to eviscerate the Voting Right Act...........it has been your life long dream.............your a hypocrite maybe you should get the Mother Jones Magazine........... January / February Edition it all points to you.............you own this along with the maga senators...............end of story...........

[orangecrush]

1. He made his bed

[Maru Kitteh]

6. With a big smirk on his face.

[Irish_Dem]

2. When it was just regular Americans being attacked he didn't care.

The SC is only protecting itself.

[JBTaurus83]

3. He's toothless

So it really doesn’t matter. Dump could decide to stop listening to the court tomorrow, and there isn’t one person or entity in the government that would stop him.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. Lol.

Okay.






Fuck you, John. You earned this.

[2naSalit]

5. Quiet piggy...

Quit sniveling.

[jfz9580m]

16. Nicely done

[Johnny2X2X]

7. When federal agents

When federal agents break down his door in the middle of the night and haul him away in shackles to prison for ruling against Trump, no one will ever have deserved it more than him.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. ...

...

[bigtree]

9. interesting

...posted this a short time ago:

What will be the effect of Trump calling the Supreme Court 'weaponized and politicized?'
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221100298

[NoMoreRepugs]

10. Roberts is just another lying piece of crap rethuglican.

[Nasruddin]

11. LOL

They’re clueless, those justices. Do they understand who they’re up against?

[SergeStorms]

12. I have that issue of Mother Jones...

if Chief Justice Roberts would like to borrow it.

I'd be more than happy to donate it to the SC library. 😁

[NNadir]

13. Seriously?? This political hack and thug has had enough? Roger Taney was a terrible Chief Justice of the Supreme...

...Court, a man who declared human beings to be farm animals, but this said, Taney did not declare, as the Roberts Court has, the Constitution to be Unconstitutional.

[ColoringFool]

14. As My Late Spanish Teacher Would Say, "¡Pobrecito!"

Mr. Roberts went to Washington, and got his feewings hurt. 😭😭😭😭😭

[BaronChocula]

15. I took his comments to mean

that criticism from the Left was what he considered to be the threat. But that's only based on my years of watching what a reactionary tissue paper klan the republican party is. Their accusations are confessions.

But if now he can't sleep nights for fear of one of his fellow extremists coming after him, I'm good with that. And if said extremist actually harmed him in any way, I would hope it only happens after Democrats take control of the Senate so they could hold the seat open until after 2028.

[sheshe2]

17. YOU DID THIS.

You own it.

You helped him sink Our United States and our Democracy is gone. We are no longer respected and are shunned by our former allies. You installed a King that will destroy us all.

YOU turned us into a third world country.

FUCK YOU!