Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts last week lashed out at President Obama for his State of the Union criticism of the court’s Citizens United ruling — the line where Associate Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words “No true.” Roberts, speaking at the University of Alabama, called Obama’s remarks “very …
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Justice Samuel Alito Objects To President Obama’s Supreme Court Criticism
The most surprising moment in the House Chamber Tuesday night came not from House Minority Leader John Boehner’s frequent gesticulation, but from the subtle exchange between Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and President Obama.
It started when Obama offered a surprisingly blunt criticism of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that …
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“…And I Approve This Message”
President Obama is rightly outraged by the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United case, which allows corporations and unions to directly support political candidates during campaigns. Anything that adds to the sum total of consultant-driven crap that besieges us at election time is a bad thing.
But. There are no ground rules …
Sotomayor’s Aristotle
Most lawyers (and any one who’s seen Legally Blonde) know well Aristotle’s famous phrase: The law is reason free from passion.
