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2010-03-10 Home Front: Politix

Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'Very Troubling'

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2010-03-10 05:58|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Hat tip to Justice Scalia. Other Justices please take note.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-03-10 08:51|| 2010-03-10 08:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Roberts said he wonders whether justices should attend the address.

I'd say yes, don't boycott such charades although tempting. The power of the Supreme Court needs to be maintained within the Constitutional framework of our country. There is a need to maintain the balance of powers between legislative, judicial, and executive branches. Currently, the executive branch would probably love nothing more than to have this balance ignored.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-03-10 09:00|| 2010-03-10 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 A good point, John; I was leaning strongly towards the "don't bother to attend next year" position but you've made me re-think that.

Posted by Steve White 2010-03-10 09:34|| 2010-03-10 09:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Noobama wasn't considering that even if he does manage somehow to get HC Takeover through Congress, there will be constitutional challenges. His behavior at the SOTU will not tip the scales in his favor, that is for sure.

Posted by gorb 2010-03-10 09:34|| 2010-03-10 09:34|| Front Page Top

#5 The SOTU has become so silly that some brave POTUS should just send in a written SOTU, as was done in the early days of the republic. But the POTUS are such egomaniacs that they would never dream of doing this.

In many ways, it is like the stupid requirement that the Queen of England has to annually address parliament, even though they write her speech for her.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-03-10 09:50|| 2010-03-10 09:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Welcome to Chicago, Justice Roberts. If you think the SOTU address was troubling, wait until you are the target of the Two Minute Hate.

Posted by SteveS 2010-03-10 10:05|| 2010-03-10 10:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Just as Obama and his comrades became dictators of US Congressmen, it was a barroom slam and intimadation tactic against another segment of US government that this tyrant wants to "rule over". Congress was viewed as Obama's hood, and the Supreme Court was on his turf and surrounded by his gang. It will get worse.

Posted by Bob Gleanter3083 2010-03-10 10:49|| 2010-03-10 10:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Obama could have voiced the same concerns about the USSC in another venue. It would have been in better taste, and more diplomatic. 0 has poor taste and is undiplomatic, but we already knew that.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-03-10 17:07|| 2010-03-10 17:07|| Front Page Top

#9 You know, iPods are pretty cheap.

Posted by Eric Jablow 2010-03-10 19:27|| 2010-03-10 19:27|| Front Page Top

#10 boycott next year. It was a cheap classless partisan act by Obama....but what's unusual about that?

Posted by Frank G 2010-03-10 21:07|| 2010-03-10 21:07|| Front Page Top

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