Chief Justice Talks Prairie Dogs as Colleagues Talk Substance (2)

US Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh spoke about the challenges of the busy shadow docket. Sonia Sotomayor on the coming of artificial intelligence. And Samuel Alito the threats to fundamental freedoms.

John Roberts talked about prairie dogs.

The chief justice is one of five current and former justices who spoke publicly from May 10 to 14.

His focus on history in a speech to an influential appeals court’s conference Tuesday contrasts to comments from his colleagues on the issues surrounding the high court, which faces historically low approval ratings amid ethics scandals and an aggressive 6-3 conservative ...