Chief Justice Roberts condemns elected officials for intimidating judges 

Chief Justice John Roberts condemned elected officials who have intimidated judges and defied court rulings, highlighting them in his year-end report Tuesday as part of what Roberts called “illegitimate activity” that threatens the rule of law.  

Roberts did not name any specific person, but he did note a federal district judge “whose decisions in a high-profile case” prompted an elected official to call for her impeachment and sparked a need for bar associations to “come to the defense.”...