President Donald Trump is running into continued resistance from the federal judiciary on most of his policy moves, and it's causing his supporters and allies in Congress to revolt against the federal judiciary.

According to Fox News, Chief Justice John Roberts, in several rare public statements, doubled down on his defense of the federal bench, noting that he's clearly not on board with the idea of impeaching federal judges because of certain outcomes. 

In a rare public appearance on Wednesday, Justice Roberts emphasized the importance of an independent federal judiciary.

Roberts' remarks came during a fireside chat held in Buffalo, New York earlier this week, saying that the federal courts' primary role is to "decide cases, but in the course of that, check the excesses of Congress or the executive."

What's going on?

Many of Trump's allies, and the president himself, have railed against the usually Democrat-appointed federal judges who many believe are wielding their extreme power based on politics and activism.

Roberts' remarks defending the federal bench come as the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a number of cases initiated by the Trump administration, along with some emergency appeals.

Fox News noted:

Among them are Trump's executive orders banning transgender service members from serving in the U.S. military, restoring fired federal employees to their jobs and a case about whether children whose parents illegally entered the U.S. and were born here should be granted citizenship. Oral arguments for that last case kick off next week.

Back in March, Justice Roberts responded to calls from within the Trump administration for impeaching certain federal judges.

"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose," Roberts said at the time.

His remarks in Buffalo on Wednesday seemed to echo his previous stance on the issue.

Roberts emphasizes "independence"

The chief justice, in a rare TV appearance, stressed the importance of the federal bench having independence.

"In our Constitution ... the judiciary is a coequal branch of government, separate from the others, with the authority to interpret the Constitution as law and strike down, obviously, acts of Congress or acts of the president," he said.

"And that innovation doesn't work if ... the judiciary is not independent," Roberts added. "Its job is to obviously decide cases, but in the course of that, check the excesses of Congress or the executive, and that does require a degree of independence."

It'll be interesting to see how Roberts comes down on the coming Trump-related cases.