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Trump's attacks on John Roberts are backfiring to help chief justice: biographer
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President Donald Trump’s attacks on conservative Supreme Court justices may be helping Chief Justice John Roberts protect the court’s appearance of independence, according to CNN Supreme Court analyst and Roberts biographer Joan Biskupic. After Trump told Time he regretted some appointments because the justices had voted against him “too often,” Biskupic argued that his criticism gives them a “badge of honor” against perceptions that they are politically aligned with him.
On CNN’s Inside Politics, Biskupic said Roberts remains strongly conservative and has supported many Trump…
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