As chief justice, John Roberts Jr. champions the independence of the federal judiciary in speeches and annual reports. On Wednesday, he delivered his “don’t mess with the courts” message loud and clear from the bench.
With pointed questions and skeptical frowns, Roberts dominated the oral argument in Bank Markazi, aka the Central Bank of Iran v. Peterson, a challenge to a federal law aimed at helping American victims of Iranian-backed terrorism to recover damages.
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