Supreme Court chief justice pinpoints what Americans misunderstand about he and his colleagues

Political critics of Supreme Court decisions fundamentally do not understand the role of the institution, according to Chief Justice John Roberts.

It is to interpret the law, not make it, he told a judicial conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

"I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we're saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what the law provides," Roberts said Wednesday night. "I think they view us as purely political actors...