2026-05-07T08:14:42-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
首席大法官罗伯茨称最高法院并非在制定政策决策
作者：埃里克·麦克
福克斯新闻频道
发布于2026年5月7日美国东部时间上午8:14
约翰·罗伯茨首席大法官表示，那些批评最高法院裁决的政治人士从根本上误解了这个机构的职能。
他在宾夕法尼亚州赫希举行的司法会议上指出，最高法院的职责是解释法律，而非制定法律。
“我认为，从最基本的层面来说，人们以为我们在制定政策决策，以为我们在宣称我们认为事情理应如此，而非法律的规定，”罗伯茨在周三晚间说道。“我认为他们将我们视为纯粹的政治行为体，而我认为这并非对我们工作的准确理解。”
近期一起有关依据《投票权法案》裁定基于种族的选区划分违宪的案件，再次引发了外界对最高法院政治意识形态的指责。尼尔·戈萨奇、布雷特·卡瓦诺和艾米·科尼·巴雷特三名保守派大法官是唐纳德·特朗普总统在其第一任期内任命的，这使得共和党提名的大法官在法院占据6比3的多数席位。
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不过，罗伯茨在这场有美国第三巡回上诉法院法官和律师参加的宾夕法尼亚州会议上强调，大法官们是依据法律和对宪法的上下文解读做出裁决，而非个人的政策偏好。
“我认为经过深思熟虑的批评是一件非常好的事，”罗伯茨说。“你当然希望批评是有理有据的，但即便不是也无妨。这是一个自由的国家，我当然不会反对，我认为我的同僚们也不会。”
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罗伯茨表示，这些裁决“基于我们尽最大努力弄清楚宪法的含义及其如何适用于现行法律”。
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“我们并非仅仅是政治进程的一部分，这其中自有缘由，我不确定人们是否充分理解了这一点，”罗伯茨说道，他强调“我们必须做的一件事就是做出不受欢迎的裁决”。
“另一方面，”罗伯茨说，“当批评从针对裁决意见转变为针对法官个人时，就可能引发一些非常严重的问题。”
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“针对司法裁决以及撰写这些裁决的法官的公开敌意比比皆是，”罗伯茨警告道。“我认为我们必须更加谨慎，尽我们所能确保人们在这方面更加审慎。”
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罗伯茨表示，如果法官们屈服于美国公众的政治意识形态压力，将会产生毁灭性的后果。
“如果你轻率行事，仅仅因为认为某项先例有误就推翻它，那么整个司法系统都会受到损害，”他说。
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本报道有美联社记者参与撰写。
埃里克·麦克是福克斯新闻数字频道的突发新闻撰稿人。
Supreme Court chief justice pinpoints what Americans misunderstand about he and his colleagues
2026-05-07T08:14:42-04:00 / Fox News
Chief Justice Roberts says Supreme Court is not making policy decisions
By Eric Mack
Fox News
Published May 7, 2026 8:14am EDT
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, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do.”
The decision reviewing the unconstitutionality of race-based gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act has resurfaced rebukes of the political ideology of the Court. Three conservative justices, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, were placed on the bench by President Donald Trump during his first term, giving Republican-nominated justices a 6-3 majority.
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Justices, however, are making decisions based on the law and contextual readings of the Constitution, not their personal policy preferences, Roberts stressed to the conference of judges and lawyers from the 3rd U.S. Circuit in Pennsylvania.
“I think considered criticism is a very good thing,” Roberts said. “You hope it’s intelligent criticism, but it doesn’t have to be. It’s a free country and I certainly don’t object to it, and I don’t think [my colleagues do either].”
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The Supreme Court has also expanded gun rights and overturned the constitutional right to abortion in recent years. Public confidence in the Supreme Court was at a low of 40% after the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization abortion ruling, showing the politics of rulings determines perception as the words of the Constitution remain unchanged.
The rulings are “based on our best effort to figure out what the Constitution means and how it applies” to the existing law, Roberts said.
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“We’re not simply part of the political process, and there’s a reason for that, and I’m not sure people grasp that as much as is appropriate,” Roberts said, stressing that “one thing we have to do is make decisions that are unpopular.”
“On the other hand,” Roberts said, “there is a point where it changes from criticism of the opinion to criticism of the judge and it can lead to some very serious problems.”
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Heated political rhetoric, potentially fueled by violent protest groups, can endanger judges.
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“There’s a lot of hostility that’s publicized about judicial decisions and which judge wrote those decisions,” Roberts warned. “I think we have to be a little more careful and make sure people, to the extent you can, are more careful about that.”
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Judges bowing to the pressures of political ideology from the American public would have devastating effects, according to Roberts.
“If you do it cavalierly, overrule precedent just because you think it’s wrong, then the whole system begins to suffer,” he said.
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The advanced ages of Thomas and Alito have raised questions of whether they might consider retirement either before the midterms — which could change Congress’ ability to get through another conservative justice nominee under Trump — or before 2028, where a flip of the White House and/or Congress could shift the court back away from a conservative majority.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Eric Mack is a writer for Fox News Digital covering breaking news.
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