'Justices know that criticisms come with the territory,' Roberts wrote, 'but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous.'
"Sen. Schumer's comments were a reference to the political price Senate Republicans will pay for putting these justices on the court, and a warning that the justices will unleash a major grassroots movement on the issue of reproductive rights against the decision," the statement continued.
In February, Sotomayor dissented with the Supreme Court over the White House's public charge rule which prohibited immigrants from becoming U.S. citizens if they were deemed likely to become reliant on public assistance programs. "Sotomayor accuses GOP appointed Justices of being biased in favor of Trump.' @IngrahamAngle @FoxNews This is a terrible thing to say," Trump tweeted in February."Trying to 'shame' some into voting her way? She never criticized Justice Ginsberg when she called me a 'faker.'"
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