Under Musk and Trump’s direction, DOGE led a push to remake the federal government according to the administration’s goals. This entailed firing thousands of federal workers, blowing up entire agencies, seizing control of crucial government systems, and reversing federal spending decisions.

In a terse, one-page order, Roberts granted an administrative stay which pauses two discovery orders issued by U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, a Barack Obama appointee. The post ‘Pending further order’: Chief justice grants Trump admin request to keep DOGE’s inner workings in the shadows first appeared on Law & Crime.

Vice President JD Vance called Chief Justice John Roberts’ comments earlier this month that the judiciary’s role is to check the executive branch a “profoundly wrong sentiment” and said the courts should be “deferential” to the president,

Chief Justice John Roberts put a hold on lower court rulings in a dispute over whether DOGE is a federal agency subject to freedom of information requests.

Vice President JD Vance was responding to Chief Justice John Roberts' comments that courts should 'check' the other two branches of government.

As Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito approach their two-decade milestones on the Supreme Court, they appear to be taking personal stock.

JD Vance said Chief Justice John Roberts was “profoundly wrong” for recent comments he made on how the Supreme Court's role is to check the excesses of the executive.

Vice President J.D. Vance criticized Chief Justice John Roberts’ recent statement that the judiciary’s role is to serve as a check on the executive branch, calling it a “profoundly wrong sentiment,” adding that courts should be “deferential” to the president, especially in matters related to immigration policy.

This all reminds me of Chief Justice John Roberts, who recently worried out loud that the “rule of law is endangered.” So many people are being disrespectful of judges. But who gave President Donald Trump the power to make threats and commit crimes against judges in the first place? It was Roberts himself.