LETTER: Where is the fairness in chief justice’s behavior?
In singling out New York U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer for condemnation pursuant to his verbal attack on U.S. Supreme Court Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has opened a door that cannot yet be closed.
Where is Roberts’ ire toward a president who is similarly “dangerous” and “threatening” as he attacks not only judges who do not rule the way he demands, but jurors who are not pro-Trump? Where is his challenge to a president and Justice Department which meddle in legitimate prosecutions in an effort to secure leniency for well-connected white collar criminal friends of the president?
We look to a chief justice of the United States Supreme Court to be fair and even-handed. There is nothing fair or even-handed in attacking only one side whose misbehavior has serious consequences for the independence of the judiciary.
Oren Spiegler
Peters Township