Chief Justice John Roberts urged Americans Tuesday to stop personal attacks on judges, claiming such attacks were “dangerous” and a “problem.”

The warning comes after the Supreme Court justice warned elected officials last year not to attack judges because the rhetoric could lead to actual violence against members of the judiciary. 

“Judges around the country work very hard to get it right, and if they don’t, their opinions are subject to criticism,” Roberts said at an event at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “But personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it’s got to stop."

Roberts' latest comment comes after President Donald Trump recently criticized the Supreme Court for invalidating his tariffs that were imposed on many countries, claiming the Supreme Court has “become little more than a weaponized and unjust Political Organization." 

The chief justice said the criticisms were not stemming from just one "political perspective," and that the main issue is when the criticism is levied against the judges themselves rather than their legal opinion, according to The Hill. 

“You get used to the criticism right away, and it can very much be healthy,” Roberts said. “We don’t believe that we’re flawless in any way, and it’s important that our decisions are subjected to scrutiny, and they are. The problem, sometimes, is that the criticism can move from a focus on legal analysis to personalities.” 

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