Roberts: Judges working to promote civics, impartial courts Thursday, January 2, 2020

Associated Press

Federal judges are taking up the challenge to educate Americans about how their government works at a time when false information can spread instantaneously on social media, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote Tuesday in his annual year-end report.

With the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump looming, Roberts, who will preside over the trial in the Senate, focused on the independence of the judiciary and the role of judges in promoting civic education in the United States.

“In our age, when social media can instantly spread rumor and false information on a grand scale, the public’s need to understand our government, and the protections it provides, is ever more vital,″ Roberts wrote.

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Read the year-end report at: https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/year-end/2019year-endreport.pdf