Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Schumer’s ‘dangerous’ comments about Gorsuch and Kavanaugh

By Tim Pearce

Published March 4, 2020 10:39pm ET

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Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Schumer’s ‘dangerous’ comments about Gorsuch and Kavanaugh — U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, from left, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan listens as President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union address in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol to a joint session of Congress Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Washington. | (Win McNamee/AP)

Chief Justice John Roberts publicly condemned a top Democrat for threatening comments aimed at two justices as the Supreme Court considers a case on abortion.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday that the Supreme Court’s Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, conservative justices appointed by President Trump, would “pay the price” if they choose to uphold a Louisiana law that mandates abortion doctors be preapproved to check abortion patients into a nearby hospital.

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