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John Roberts insists supreme court not ‘political’ after Trump-friendly rulings

US Chief Justice John Roberts asserted the Supreme Court is not "part of the political process" and justices are not "political actors" during a conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania, responding to outrage over recent rulings favorable to Donald Trump and his allies—including undermining the Voting Rights Act, expanding presidential immunity, and overturning constitutional abortion rights. Tensions between conservative and liberal justices flared when Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented against allowing Louisiana to redraw congressional maps post-Voting Rights Act decision, prompting a rebuke from Justice Samuel Alito and fellow conservatives Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch.