Did anyone else catch Obama's slam directed at the U.S. Supreme Court justices during his State Of The Union speech last night?
Obama had taken the unusual step of scolding the high court. "With all due deference to the separation of powers," he began, the court last week "reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests - including foreign corporations - to spend without limit in our elections."
Judge Samuel Alito made a dismissive face, shook his head repeatedly and appeared to mouth the words "not true" or possibly "simply not true." A reliable conservative appointed to the court by Republican President George W. Bush, Alito was in the majority in the 5-4 ruling.
And was it only me who thought there was plenty of catcalling going on during the speech. I'm not referring to the "spontaneous applause" either. That's customary (not to mention tedious). I'm saying that parts of Obama's speech that didn't merit any reaction, got reaction and vice versa. Strange. I don't recall these outbursts happening under Reagan, Bush or Clinton. Perhaps this is further evidence of the erosion of civility in this country.
One further note: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should refrain from buying green banannas in the interim.
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Obama had taken the unusual step of scolding the high court. "With all due deference to the separation of powers," he began, the court last week "reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests - including foreign corporations - to spend without limit in our elections."
Judge Samuel Alito made a dismissive face, shook his head repeatedly and appeared to mouth the words "not true" or possibly "simply not true." A reliable conservative appointed to the court by Republican President George W. Bush, Alito was in the majority in the 5-4 ruling.
And was it only me who thought there was plenty of catcalling going on during the speech. I'm not referring to the "spontaneous applause" either. That's customary (not to mention tedious). I'm saying that parts of Obama's speech that didn't merit any reaction, got reaction and vice versa. Strange. I don't recall these outbursts happening under Reagan, Bush or Clinton. Perhaps this is further evidence of the erosion of civility in this country.
One further note: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should refrain from buying green banannas in the interim.
Original Story:
http://thedailydelfranco.blogspot.com...
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