Chief Justice in Rare Speech Says Law Is Way of Limiting Power
- Lawyers serve ‘higher purpose,’ Roberts tells graduating class
- First public comments outside of court proceedings in a year
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Chief Justice John Roberts hailed the law as a means of “limiting power through reason” as he made a rare public appearance in recorded remarks to a graduating law school class.
Roberts told Georgetown University Law Center graduates they will be serving a “higher purpose” through their work as attorneys.