Showing posts with label Justice Samuel Alito. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Justice Samuel Alito. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Poetic Juctice? Obama Was 1st US President To Vote To Filibuster A Supreme Court Nominee

Barack Obama and top senate Democrat Chuck Schumer are already engaging in hypocrisy of the highest order by calling on senate Republicans to move quickly to replace the vacancy left by the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Alito plans to skip next State of the Union

PATRIOT UPDATE - After Obama diss, Alito plans to skip next State of the Union
    When Supreme Court justices enter the House of Representatives in their black robes for the president's next State of the Union address, Samuel Alito does not plan to be among them. The justice said the annual speech to Congress has become very political and awkward for the justices, who he says are expected to sit "like the proverbial potted plant." Of course, Alito did not remain impassive at the most recent State of the Union speech by President Barack Obama. He reacted to Obama's unusual rebuke of the court for its decision in a campaign finance case by shaking his head and mouthing the words "not true." The 60-year-old justice, an appointee of President George W. Bush, acknowledged with a smile that his colleagues "who are more disciplined refrain from manifesting any emotion or opinion whatsoever."
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