Chief Justice Roberts Addresses Ethics and Controversial Decisions at Supreme Court

Chief Justice John Roberts said that the hardest decision he had to make in his 18 years in the job was to order the erection of fences and barricades around the Supreme Court last year after the leak of the ruling that rolled back abortion rights. Roberts appeared defensive about the court's reputation amid questions about its legitimacy and calls for ethics reform. He bemoaned public criticism of the judiciary, including protests outside the homes of justices, and indicated that the court could make its own reforms and hold itself to the highest standards. The court is about to head into the final stretch of its current term, which concludes at the end of June.