Global insight examines the extent to which america’s courts are continuing to act as a bulwark of democracy. Conservative activists are also bombarding. · supreme court chief justice john roberts is on a collision course with president trump as the commander in chief increasingly tests the limits of the judiciary ’s role as the most prominent. · — chief justice john roberts , in remarks given during a speaking engagement earlier this week, where he continued his defense of the judiciary amid donald trump ’ s repeated attacks upon. · the us judiciary is facing unprecedented pressure as president trump asserts executive dominance. · despite a rare rebuke from chief justice john roberts earlier this week, president trump s criticisms of the judiciary continue. Federal judges warn that american jurisprudence and democracy are under threat. · for two of the most powerful men in the united states, donald trump and john roberts , it has been a delicate dance from the start. · frustrated by judicial rulings during his second term, president trump and allies have lashed out at the courts in a growing pressure campaign. · the trump administration in its first year has claimed sweeping executive power and tested u. s. Amna nawaz spoke with steve vladeck, a constitutional law.