The high court has become increasingly partisan in recent years with both parties jockeying to lock in sympathetic jurists inclined to support their legislative agenda.
Former President Trump appointed three judges to the high court and sparked called from liberals to pack the bench in order to dilute conservative judicial power.
President Joe Biden
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formed a special commission to study the issue in April, but they ultimately punted on whether they felt the packing scheme was a good idea.
Roberts made no mention of the commission in his remarks.
The Chief Justice — who has led the court since 2005 — also used the address to highlight reporting from the Wall Street Journal which found that 131 federal judges had overseen cases in which they had a financial interest.
"Let me be crystal clear: the Judiciary takes this matter seriously," Roberts wrote. "We expect judges to adhere to the highest standards, and those judges violated an ethics rule," Roberts said.
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