John Roberts has joined Samuel Alito in piling on Obama for his criticism of the recent SC decision. Perhaps these folks have forgotten that they were nominated, while the President was elected. Judges have to serve the people- they are not above criticism. In return for having a guaranteed life-long highly paid employment with great benefits, the judges should explain their decisions and the data behind their decisions. It should not be enough to just write an opinion.
Chief justice unsettled by Obama's criticism of Supreme Court - latimes.com: "To the extent the State of the Union has degenerated into a political pep rally, I'm not sure why we are there,' Roberts said at the University of Alabama School of Law. Obama's speech in January came a week after the high court ruled 5 to 4 that corporations had a free-speech right to spend unlimited sums to elect or defeat candidates for office. The president, looking down at the six justices in attendance, sharply criticized the Supreme Court for having 'opened the floodgates for special interests' to sway elections."
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