We should reflect on our duty to judge without fear or favor, deciding each matter with humility, integrity and dispatch.”This is not a new theme for the chief justice. Just over a year ago, Roberts issued an extraordinary statement in response to Trump’s tweeted critique of a judge as being an “Obama judge.”Advertisement“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,” Roberts said. And in the weeks ahead, Roberts will cross 1st Street on Capitol Hill and preside over a Senate impeachment trial of Trump. AdvertisementRoberts’ official title is chief justice of the United States, and as such he is the leader of the entire federal court system, not just the Supreme Court. Alexander Hamilton and James Madison wrote most of the essays, while John Jay, the nation’s first chief justice, contributed only five.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 31, 2019 23:03 UTC