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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Obama's State of the Union address was "very troubling" and the annual speech has "degenerated to a political pep rally." Obama chided the court, with the justices seated before him in their black robes, for its decision on a campaign finance case.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gyvfRvSPtr5INaLpoyt0_bd8V0AwD9EBCSAG0
I found it fascinating that the people who were editorializing against it were The New York Times Company and The Washington Post Company,� Justice Thomas said.
These are corporations.� The part of the McCain-Feingold law struck down in Citizens United contained an exemption for news reports, commentaries and editorials.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/politics/04scotus.html?hp
POLITICO's Kasie Hunt, who's in the House chamber, reports that Justice Samuel Alito mouthed the words "not true" when Obama criticized the Supreme Court's campaign finance decision.
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http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/0110/Justice_Alitos_You_lie_moment.html
Hint to Republicans running for office in 2008.
Maybe you should think twice before going on national television and ranting about "anti-American" Democrats. As has been documented here, there, and everywhere across the political blogosphere, Rep. Michelle Bachman, R.-Minn., channeled Sen. Joe McCarthy on Hardball Friday night and called for the media to do a "penetrating expose" of "the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-
