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Call the Federal Judicial Center and leave a message saying that the chief justice must speak out against the Trump regime’s efforts to intimidate the courts with threats and that judges need more protection.
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Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
And when the courts—because you will get taken to court—and when the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did and say: ‘The chief justice has made his ruling.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
The chief justice sounded uncertain during the oral argument in late April.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Michigan chose as its lawyer Maureen E. Mahoney, who had served as a clerk for William H. Rehnquist, a Republican appointee who was chief justice when the Supreme Court heard the case.
—Stephanie Saul, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
And when the courts—because you will get taken to court—and when the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did and say: ‘The chief justice has made his ruling.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
The chief justice sounded uncertain during the oral argument in late April.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Michigan chose as its lawyer Maureen E. Mahoney, who had served as a clerk for William H. Rehnquist, a Republican appointee who was chief justice when the Supreme Court heard the case.
—Stephanie Saul, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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“Chief justice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20justice. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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