Saying "public confidence in the judiciary" was at stake, Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday urged Americans to become more engaged in learning about the role of courts in promoting democracy. The written remarks came in the chief justice's annual year-end report, where he summarized the work of the nation's 94 district courts, 13 circuit courts and his own Supreme Court. CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS POISED FOR STARRING ROLE IN A TRUMP IMPEACHMENT TRIALThe chief justice noted a number of his colleagues have worked in their spare time to teach young people about the Constitution, including Justice Sonia Sotomayor and retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who founded the iCivics education nonprofit. He told an audience in September that he tries to ignore such attacks on him and the federal judiciary he leads as Chief Justice of the United States, his official title. "We should celebrate our strong and independent judiciary, a key source of national unity and stability," he said in his year-end report.

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