“Judicial independence is crucial,” Roberts, the leader of the Supreme Court and the entire federal judiciary, said at a gathering of judges and lawyers in his hometown.
He described the creation of three co-equal branches of government as the Constitution’s one innovation. “That innovation doesn’t work if the judiciary is not independent,” he said.
The 70-year-old chief justice largely repeated things he has said previously. But his comments, in response to questions from another federal judge, drew applause from the 600 people who gathered to mark the 125th anniversary of federal courts in the Western District of New York.
Asked about comments from Trump and his allies supporting the impeachment of judges because of their rulings, Roberts largely repeated the statement he issued in March. “Impeachment is not how you register disagreement with a decision,” he said.
Edit: So I’m an idiot and didn’t read the article and assumed something else. My bad! Read the article, kids!
Can someone explain to me why it needs to be independent?Their entire job is supposed to be independent interpretation. It doesn’t matter if it’s part of a cohort or separate, it’s a job that requires exactly what it requires. Just fucking do it.Because they literally cannot do their job if it’s not independent? Trump has shown that he will do whatever he can to meddle, and if he had any control whatsoever over the judicial branch, this shit would have been officially over on Jan 20.
I see. So this is my fault for not reading the article because I was assuming they meant independent from what they are NOW, like separated from the branches of government. I made an edit to my original post above.
Thank you for reminding me to do the basics.