“Not true”: Alito mouths words as Obama hammers Supreme Court
posted at 10:44 pm on January 27, 2010 by Allahpundit
He’s on the far left of your screen, seated to the right of Sotomayor. Politico’s calling it his Joe Wilson moment.
When you hear the president of the United States demagoging the First Amendment, you sit there and you take it, son.
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It’s called evolution, he had to adapt to this permanent condition.
chemman on January 27, 2010 at 11:35 PM
Its mostly a stepping stone to law school. I hate lawyers and I’d hate working in a cubicle, so I’m hoping to land a teaching job. Got out of school last fall.
El_Terrible on January 27, 2010 at 11:35 PM
Perhaps the teleprompter sucks all the oxygen out of his head
Kini on January 27, 2010 at 11:36 PM
Obama is despicable. Attack the SCOTUS on in a live national televised address?? I am disgusted beyond words.
Norwegian on January 27, 2010 at 11:37 PM
Obama throws a temper tantrum; gives SCOTUS the finger and Democrats applaud. He is like a child bully who didn’t get his way and lashes out at the adult.
TN Mom on January 27, 2010 at 11:34 PM
What part of TN are you from TN Mom?? Nashville here..
AmericanPatriot70 on January 27, 2010 at 11:37 PM
On a lot of the lefty blogs, they have been suggesting that the SCOTUS should be impeached ever since the ruling on Campaign Financing.
Don’t know exactly how you constitutionally impeach members of SCOTUS but we are talking about the swamp of the lefty mind . . .
Greyledge Gal on January 27, 2010 at 11:37 PM
Yep, Alito’s correct and Obama’s a liar.
Here is the PDF of the ruling itself.
Check the middle of page 31, and the paragraph that begins on the bottom of page 46 and continues to the top of page 47.
greggriffith on January 27, 2010 at 11:37 PM
FIFY
Richard Romano on January 27, 2010 at 11:38 PM
A Man, A Ego, A Conceit, The “I” or self of any person (ego is Latin for “I”).
In psychological terms, the ego is the part of the psyche that experiences the outside world and reacts to it, coming between the primitive drives of the id and the demands of the socialist environment, represented by the Superego.
Kini on January 27, 2010 at 11:42 PM
Obama is a disgrace to the legal profession, which is saying something.
GaltBlvnAtty on January 27, 2010 at 11:43 PM
Awesome.
Justice Alito. The gift that keeps on giving.
Hawkins1701 on January 27, 2010 at 11:44 PM
West TN
TN Mom on January 27, 2010 at 11:44 PM
Alito for POTUS!
What body language on this, it literally left a bad taste in his mouth. When a SC Justice with all the stature that implies, it is akin to an earthquake.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on January 27, 2010 at 11:44 PM
I’ll go one further.
Too bad your utopia enslaves humans and is unjust communist.
daesleeper on January 27, 2010 at 11:44 PM
I’m sure Obama didn’t have all the facts, before he said the SCOTUS
Policeacted stupidly.Kini on January 27, 2010 at 11:44 PM
PIMF.
Alito for POTUS!
What body language on this, it literally left a bad taste in his mouth. When a SC Justice (with all the stature that that implies) does this, it is akin to an earthquake.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on January 27, 2010 at 11:45 PM
Despicable. I can’t believe this poser is president.
darclon on January 27, 2010 at 11:45 PM
SuperEgo in Chief.
TN Mom on January 27, 2010 at 11:46 PM
Who needs courts? Especially supreme ones?
Let Barrack Mugabe decide.
He’s got all that Trinity United Church jurisprudence.
nico on January 27, 2010 at 11:47 PM
Thanks for the link.
Send_Me on January 27, 2010 at 11:47 PM
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Hey, Obama, what part of this do you not understand????
Kini on January 27, 2010 at 11:48 PM
For Obama to personally attack the SCOTUS during a State of the Union address on a decision recently made in their capacity as interpreters of the US Constitution is disgusting and despicable.
TBenton on January 27, 2010 at 11:48 PM
What’s even scarier is the fact John Paul Stevens is going to resign before Nobama’s term is over.
Stevens has hired only one law clerk for this term, where he normally hires four. He’s 90, so time is not on our side on this one….
Granted, he is left leaning, but he has sided with Scalia and Thomas from time to time. His replacement will NEVER side with the conservative justices.
AmericanPatriot70 on January 27, 2010 at 11:49 PM
Obama pivots to bashing SCOTUS…
TN Mom on January 27, 2010 at 11:49 PM
I said that verbatim as the
campaignSOTU speech ended.nico on January 27, 2010 at 11:49 PM
Obama’s next appointment then will be an epic battle, especially with the expected GOP gains next November.
ddrintn on January 27, 2010 at 11:50 PM
Now I know Obama is not really a Constitutional lawyer! His students said they got zippo from his classes!
For me this just fits the “57 states” legacy. Obama has no knowledge base of American history, or for that matter the American people. No President in American history has ever called out the Supreme Court during the SOTU. Not in this humiliating manner! It was truly cringe worthy!
I am stunned at this. Absolutely stunned! What arrogance!
I guess it fits. He said “I” 96 times!
freeus on January 27, 2010 at 11:55 PM
Wow, the drive thru must really be entertaining when it’s your shift.
AubieJon on January 27, 2010 at 11:56 PM
Did “foreign entities” donate to His campaign??? He is absolutely unbelievable.
mtb on January 27, 2010 at 11:56 PM
From the Corner. The SCOTUS ruling on one clause doesn’t invalidate the other, so foreign investment/donation/etc. weren’t affected.
Oddly Obama couldn’t figure that out… doesn’t he have some Law degree or something? Or do 441a and 441e really look the same to him? Weird that he wasn’t clever enough to know the difference.
Well, that or he lied on purpose to try to get people upset with the ruling by deliberately misstating what the decision was…
Any guesses which it was? Is he lying on purpose, or too stupid to know better?
gekkobear on January 27, 2010 at 11:57 PM
I weep. I cannot believe how very low Barack Obama has dragged my beloved America! To stand on the soil stained with the blood of patriots who fought for our nation to exist and publicly criticize the separation of powers because he disagrees with The Supreme Court is freaking unbelievable! For his minions to stand and applaud his lying liar words is beyond comprehension. They all deserve nothing more than the disrespect they have shown tonight. Justice Alito, and the others, deserve an apology from every single person who stood to applaud, and from every single voter who thought Barack Obama gave a damn about America!
redwhiteblue on January 28, 2010 at 12:00 AM
Obama, president of the Harvard Law Review, never contributed any writing to the Law Review. That is astonishing. He was just “present” and became president. He is no scholar. Likewise, he brings no dignity to the office of President of the United States. He simply is a jerk.
GaltBlvnAtty on January 28, 2010 at 12:01 AM
A Man, A Ego, A Conceit, The “I” or self of any person (ego is Latin for “I”).
In psychological terms, the ego is the part of the psyche that experiences the outside world and reacts to it, coming between the primitive drives of the id and the demands of the socialist environment, represented by the Superego.
Kini on January 27, 2010 at 11:42 PM
SuperEgo in Chief.
TN Mom on January 27, 2010 at 11:46 PM
MCGIRV on January 28, 2010 at 12:01 AM
That’s the $25,000 question. I’m positive it’s the former, but sometimes, he makes even me wonder.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on January 28, 2010 at 12:01 AM
It is one thing for a sitting President to criticize the Supreme Court….especially when he has all the Justices sitting right there in front of him.
But it is quite another thing to have a scumbucket opportunistic senator from New York get up and applaud the sitting President for criticizing the Supreme Court…when he happens to be sitting right behind them!
Mark Levin is right about Schumer…he is a schmuck!
pilamaye on January 28, 2010 at 12:03 AM
God Bless Alito
barrythrowslikeagirl on January 28, 2010 at 12:07 AM
Justices of the SCOTUS can be impeached. And I do not agree with the idea that they are sacrosanct or free from critizism.
However, this is the wrong issue to do it on. Free speech, and particularly political speech, is not to be restricted.
Sackett on January 28, 2010 at 12:08 AM
I have nothing but contempt for ObaMao!
MCGIRV on January 28, 2010 at 12:10 AM
The blessed oh Holy, messiah the most masterful one looks down on high from his haughty perch and says to the Court in pure thug style…. Boys don’t mess with me next time, you’re under the bus!!!
The WORST President in American History, after only one year!!
God help the United States of America!!!!!
PappyD61 on January 28, 2010 at 12:12 AM
Too bad the case wasn’t decided a 18 months ago, when McCain wasn’t willing to run a serious campaign against Teh Won someone else cold have picked up the slack with real adds criticizing him.
agmartin on January 28, 2010 at 12:19 AM
I barely contained my disdain for the obumbles. He reminded me of my constitutional law professor (I got a D because I dared contradict her). She was the head of the Los Angeles ACLU at the time. She was so pissed when I told her I was working for a law firm that represented law enforcement in Section 1983 actions. Stupid, pompous no-nothings, both the president and the professor.
JackofNoTrades on January 28, 2010 at 12:25 AM
Not true
Like
You lie!
:)
entertaining
father on January 28, 2010 at 12:29 AM
One from the Senate, the other from the Supreme Court.
Obama making friends all over :)
FontanaConservative on January 28, 2010 at 12:33 AM
Can anyone imagine GWB calling out the Court during a SOTU. And he had plenty of reasons to.
rockmom on January 28, 2010 at 12:35 AM
We saw the tip of the iceberg tonight. In the next three years we as a country are going to be tested with how much we will accept from this narcissistic power hungry Marxist.
d1carter on January 28, 2010 at 12:38 AM
Doesn’t the BO have a fact checker? or has the pay freeze frozen all the interns? WTF? Do they just sit around saying, “Hey, that sounds good. Add that to the speech. Yeah.”
LEBA on January 28, 2010 at 12:41 AM
Can Justice Alito answer him in any way publicly? or does the separation of powers prevent that from being a reality. Just curious if anyone knows.
Miss Molly on January 28, 2010 at 12:46 AM
Wow. Hypocrisy, thy name is Obama. That he could make that statement after reeling in more foreign campaign donations than ANY candidate in our history — unprecendentedentedented!
starboardhelm on January 28, 2010 at 12:50 AM
Who appointed Emily Litella to the Supreme Court?
ya2daup on January 28, 2010 at 12:54 AM
Nothing in the First Amendment allows restricting freedom of speech to citizens only. The three freedoms mentioned in the first portion of the First Amendment apply to everyone within our borders, including “foreign” corporations. Obama really had to reach to demagogue against foreign corporations, but foreigners are, for better or worse, allowed freedom of speech in this country.
This guy graduated from Harvard Law, but doesn’t seem to remember what he learned there.
I’m not happy with the Court’s decision, but it is perfectly correct from a Constitutional standpoint — just as Dred Scott was perfectly correct from a Constitutional standpoint in its time. We fixed Dred Scott with an Amendment, and, if this fully expanded freedom of speech seems onerous enough, we’ll fix it the same way.
unclesmrgol on January 28, 2010 at 12:55 AM
Obama certainly doesn’t seem to know much about the law. Or separation of powers does he.
I actually haven’t been seen a lot of people talking about how incredibly smart Obama is lately.
I guess that is one myth busted.
petunia on January 28, 2010 at 1:00 AM
Just sayin’.
Now all the trial lawyers and big bankers and media organizations can donate to his re-election campaign right out in the open instead of funneling $$$ through their employees and PACs. Why is he complaining? I thought he was all about transparency?
Zero is truly a toad. Post-partisan my @$$. This is simply outrageous behavior. He should be ashamed. AND he should apologize to the Court.
NoLeftTurn on January 28, 2010 at 1:03 AM
First time I’ve heard that! Most apt.
petunia on January 28, 2010 at 1:04 AM
There is nothing in the constitution that prevents the Supreme Court from criticizing the executive branch. However, judges are forbidden by their cannon of ethics from getting involved in politics. More likely there will be some pointed language criticizing the adminstration’s position in some future cases. I think there will be plenty of outsiders that have the Court’s back, just based on the inappropriateness of Obama’s remarks.
Ted Torgerson on January 28, 2010 at 1:04 AM
He needed to seek America’s reaffirmation tonight and he not only came up well short he proved how clueless he really is.
Mr Purple on January 28, 2010 at 1:20 AM
Actually they can’t. The caps on direct donations is left in place, but what has been removed is the muzzle McCain-Feingold placed on third party speech associated with an election.
That means that all those companies (including the foreign ones giving Obama the big wedgie) can buy ads in support of their favorite candidates, but they still cannot coordinate those ads with the candidates.
That’s why this is a freedom of speech issue rather than a freedom to fling money wherever flinger wants issue.
unclesmrgol on January 28, 2010 at 1:21 AM
If Congress is stupid enough to pass abominablecare then I am sure that Alito will make sure that he finds the parts that make it unConstitutional. I do not think Sotomeyor will disagree with Obummer, but some of those other justices are not about to roll over for this dreadful man.
maggieo on January 28, 2010 at 1:21 AM
He lied. He’s a liar. They tried to hang George Bush for his 18 words on yellowcake in Niger, which was the truth. In eight years of SOTU speeches that was the best the Left could do. But this was a plain out-and-out lie. Obama is a liar.
rrpjr on January 28, 2010 at 1:28 AM
Thank you. It is hard to sit back silently and watch the POTUS be so disrespectful. We need more people like Alito, who I believe are of the mold of the Founding Fathers.
Miss Molly on January 28, 2010 at 1:30 AM
Gotcha, thanks. I sheepishly admit I didn’t read the decision, but even more reason then to wonder what his problem is with it. I fail to see how lifting the restriction grants any greater access to “influence” elections. I maintain that if corporations are going to be taxed by the government, and subject to their laws, they have a right to voice their opinions on various candidates.
NoLeftTurn on January 28, 2010 at 1:30 AM
Not sure about that. From NRO –
The Court held that 2 U.S.C. Section 441a, which prohibits all corporate political spending, is unconstitutional. Foreign nationals, specifically defined to include foreign corporations, are prohibited from making “a contribution or donation of money or other thing of value, or to make an express or implied promise to make a contribution or donation, in connection with a Federal, State or local election” under 2 U.S.C. Section 441e, which was not at issue in the case.
joejm65 on January 28, 2010 at 1:39 AM
He was a lecturer. Even the liars at Annenberg factcheck acknowledge that. They play some word games to say that “he was regarded as a professor”.
Interesting quote there, too:
Except for that whole “Constitution is a charter of negative liberties” that doesn’t let the govt do things to the citizens. It’s like he’s lived his whole life finding ways to justify his own inclination towards tyranny.
CPL 310 on January 28, 2010 at 2:05 AM
Obama is a mental midget.
It is disgusting to watch him chastise men of much greater stature than his own in this shameful manner.
I hope Obama’s mask slips so we can impeach his slimy hide out of the White House. He is a total disgrace.
scotash on January 28, 2010 at 2:06 AM
Oh, really?
disa on January 28, 2010 at 2:08 AM
So much for his oath to preserve and protect the Constitution. Hell, the man’s a traitor for that alone.
Good for Alito. I think Obama’s going down.
disa on January 28, 2010 at 2:10 AM
McCain, who co-authored the law, doesn’t know either since I saw him on Larry King say the President had merit in pursuing the foreign contributions.
My take is that since this decision affirmed that:
1. corporations equal individuals; and,
since it is currently:
2. illegal for foreigner individuals to donate to US campaigns; then,
it follows that:
3. foreign corporations are equal to foreign individuals.
Thus:
4. Foreign corporations cannot contribute to US campaigns.
Make sense?
Greyledge Gal on January 28, 2010 at 2:12 AM
Again, guys: Alito is going to be in that bench for much longer than Obama is going to be in the White House.
In fact, we can safely call Obama The One.
Yep.
The One.
The One-Termer.
newton on January 28, 2010 at 2:12 AM
I have long believed that the only reason Obama studied Constitutional Law was to try to find the loopholes he could work to exploit.
On the subject at hand, I am a Judge’s daughter. The worst affrontery another lawyer can make is to insult a Judge to his face. Certainly a President has the right to disagree with a decision made by the Supremes; however, to debase them during the State of the Union while they are sitting there as invited guests . . . ?
Well, I hope he wasn’t figuring this would work to shame the Court into subservience to him. (the Chicago Way).
I think he will be in for a rude awakening.
Obama is definitely not a student of the Dale Carnegie method.
Greyledge Gal on January 28, 2010 at 2:20 AM
It was absolutely disgusting what obama did on this tonight. You do not attack those that interpet your laws and you don’t try to circumvent the 1st amendment. our president is a
scumbucket. Actually that’s being mean to scumConservativePartyNow on January 28, 2010 at 2:21 AM
Just Goggle “Clinton and Chinese money” to find out why the Demwits are so against this ruling. Only have to remember as far back as 1996, which means nobody under the age of 30 has a clue.
Or try to find out how much of Obama’s money came from overseas. Good luck on finding where many tens of millions came from since under $200 donations were not tracked and reported.
Highplains on January 28, 2010 at 2:22 AM
I certainly hope it’s him that’s in for it and not us.
CPL 310 on January 28, 2010 at 2:24 AM
And they never will be.
It’s a lot of work to have to learn history on your own because the left hushes up what isn’t convenient for them.
CPL 310 on January 28, 2010 at 2:25 AM
Nothing too surprising here since most liberals believe that their ideology is above law.
docdave on January 28, 2010 at 2:30 AM
… but George Soros running everything is okay, and anonymous online campaign donations from unknown foreign sources is no problema. Got it.
PoodleSkirt on January 28, 2010 at 2:36 AM
Is there no limit to Hussain’s shamelessness ?
Does this thug even know the meaning of the word “decorum” ?
I hope Nazi Policei makes him apologize to the Judge for spitting on the SCOTUS in public.
macncheez on January 28, 2010 at 2:40 AM
ROFLCOPTER.
A job well done by His Petulance, the Manchild in Chief. Alienate Anthony Kennedy, the Justice that wrote the decision you demagogued and the only swing vote you’ve got on the Court. Here’s hoping he takes it personally and inserts himself rock-like in Obama and the Democrats’ shoe.
spmat on January 28, 2010 at 3:29 AM
I’m reminded of Mike as Leonard Maltin (around 1:45): “My opinion bears no merit whatsoever… I renounce myself and all I stand for. I have been to the proletariat areas and have consorted with the prostitutes.” For some reason, I remember there being another line – like “I have lain with the horned one and have no soul.”
CPL 310 on January 28, 2010 at 3:31 AM
Hahahah – some at DU think Roberts is going to chew out Alito for this, this…incredibly rude way he treated The President™. They also think Obama was well within the unwritten “rules” to take it to the Court in the speech.
As always, one set of rules for leftists, another set for normal people.
That spit is getting old.
capitalist piglet on January 28, 2010 at 3:37 AM
Our leaders on the Right must stand up and explain this Supreme Court decision to the American people. They’re hearing a lot of spin on this…and it’s just complex enough that even some right-thinking people are coming down on the wrong side of this issue. Obama said he didn’t think America’s elections should be bankrolled by its most powerful interests. That’s exactly what has been going on, only until now the bankrolling was restricted to one side (labor unions). This decision levels the playing field. We need to shout this from the rooftops and make sure that everyone we know understands this issue correctly.
MainelyRight on January 28, 2010 at 4:33 AM
Obama has the gall to complain about foreign donations and corporate “interference” in elections after his own website disabled every credit card security feature going?
One rule for him, one for his opponents evidently.
Unbelievable.
Jay Mac on January 28, 2010 at 4:42 AM
Ginsburg just sat there unmoving.
It’s like watching a movie “What about Ruth?”.
What, she’s already dead but they dragged her corpse there, just so the seat wouldn’t be empty???
Shirotayama on January 28, 2010 at 5:04 AM
Saw it on Fox & Friends this morning. To basically put down another branch of government in this forum and have ALL those ELECTED officials stand up and clap this publicly chastising wherein SCOTUS has no ability to respond in kind like the GOP gets to with their rebuttal is beyond hubris. It’s not just a horrible moment for the President but any of them who stood up.
How ackward even for the Justices that voted his side to sit still while he demeans them and have a large political body clap? Could you imagine during a graduation speech and professor openly quoting a student’s brief and calling out sections he felt were wrong then handing him a diploma? That’s how it felt to me. Not the time and place to have THAT discussion. All of them are POSs for doing that.
I’m heartened that J. Alito refused to simply sit there and take it. I’m even more heartened by the fact that he and Scalia, and Roberts, and Thomas will be there LONG after Pres. Obama’s end of his mediocre one-termer presidency and definitely MUCH long than all those ELECTED Democrat Representatives & Senators. I suspect their political opinions will have a short and less inpactful effect on our society than SCOTUS over the next decade. I’m thankful that J. Stevens saw the light on thus one. And I suspect he’ll see the light if ObamaCare ever comes before the President foe a signature!!
Sultry Beauty on January 28, 2010 at 5:28 AM
BTW– The ruling is a beautiful thing to read. The Democrats might wanna try doing that before they pipe in.
Sultry Beauty on January 28, 2010 at 5:29 AM
Foreign entities? Wasn’t Obama getting bundles of money for his campaign from the middle east?
iceman1960 on January 28, 2010 at 6:24 AM
I read somewhere that Obama’s calling out of the SCt is unpresidential. Why is the insult to the SCt a surprise? IMO, it’s of a piece with Obama’s entire demeanor since assuming the POTUS. His very attire is unpresidential and signifies his disdain for the importance of the office; it is no wonder that his words are, too. His lack of respect for and disdain of America is exhibited in everything Obama does and every word he utters.
SilentWatcher on January 28, 2010 at 6:45 AM
Is everyone forgetting that Obama’s campaign knowingly turned off checks on credit card donations so that foreign based credit cards and stolen credit cards and gift cards could be used to fund his campaign and that there were whole operations in place using this hole to raise money for Obama in foreign countries by foreign enitities? Or is my mind mistaken here.
Obama is a FRAUD through and through. He broke the law to win the Presidency. We all know it. He did it KNOWINGLY.
James on January 28, 2010 at 6:51 AM
Tacky on the part of Obama, but the Justices will remember it and keep it in mind when new court cases come up for a ruling.
As in “Who is Obama to intimidate the Supreme Court?”
——
To the public this was very bad PR by Obama and the Democrats. It looked like they were bullying and threatening the members of the Supreme Court.
albill on January 28, 2010 at 6:52 AM
Shut up and watch the french fries. You burn them again and you’re gone.
Jaibones on January 28, 2010 at 6:57 AM
Headlines should Be:
Supremes Agree, Mr.President, “You Lie”!
dhunter on January 28, 2010 at 6:59 AM
Sultry Beauty on January 28, 2010 at 5:28 AM
SilentWatcher on January 28, 2010 at 6:45 AM
James on January 28, 2010 at 6:51 AM
albill on January 28, 2010 at 6:52 AM
+1,000
We elected a bully but worse than that we elected an low class thug. The GOP needs to us ethis against all those Senators and Congresspeople that stood up and cheered Obama. The attack ads right themselves, i have never seen such a display of lack of class by our elected reps in my lifetimes. I was ashamed. I am ashamed
unseen on January 28, 2010 at 7:02 AM
How refreshing for a Supreme Court Justice to point out that the king had no clothes!
olesparkie on January 28, 2010 at 7:05 AM
More than that, the filthy lying coward in the White House is apparently quite pleased with his performance over the past year. He apparently has learned nothing from the message sent in NJ, VA, and MA. All the better for the GOP come November when we can school the rat bastard traitor on what it means to be an American!
highhopes on January 28, 2010 at 7:05 AM
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