Chief Justice Chastises Schumer for ‘Threatening’ Statements (1)

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered an extraordinary rebuke of Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, chastising him for making “threatening” statements about two justices during an abortion-rights rally outside the court.

Schumer earlier Wednesday said Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh “will pay the price” if they sided against abortion access. The senator’s remarks came as the court heard arguments in an abortion case for the first time in four years.

“Justices know that criticism comes with the territory,” Roberts said in a statement issued by the court, “but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of ...