US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is continuing to defend the high court’s proclaimed apolitical nature even as it looks poised to strip away abortion rights that have been on the books for more than four decades, and is beset by an unprecedented leak and claims of political corruption.
Mr Roberts spoke on Thursday to a gathering of the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, which included lawyers and fellow judges, and referred to the leak of a draft decision to Politico, unheard of in modern history, as “absolutely appalling”.
