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Offline ColonialMarine0431

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Supreme Court Justice Alito Plans to Skip Next State of Union Address
« on: October 16, 2010, 12:14:47 PM »

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Supreme Court Justice Alito Plans to Skip Next State of Union Address

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."
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Good for him.
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Re: Supreme Court Justice Alito Plans to Skip Next State of Union Address
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2010, 12:16:46 PM »
Good for him indeed. It's humiliating for them to have to sit there like a potted plant (great description) when they represent the most powerful court in our country. The one where Justice is supposed to blind.
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Re: Supreme Court Justice Alito Plans to Skip Next State of Union Address
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2010, 12:22:53 PM »
I'd say this is the closest a Judge can come to giving DingleBarry the middle finger.
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Re: Supreme Court Justice Alito Plans to Skip Next State of Union Address
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2010, 12:26:37 PM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on October 16, 2010, 12:16:46 PM
Good for him indeed. It's humiliating for them to have to sit there like a potted plant (great description) when they represent the most powerful court in our country. The one where Justice is supposed to blind.

Especially when last year, Obama berated them from the podium for the campaign finance decision......the Justices don't serve at the pleasure of the president (although he might think so), and therefore there is no need for them to be subjected to a public rebuke of their actions at the event........

Obama offends the court at his peril.....especially since most of his signature legislation will end up before them in the next three years or so.  In very real terms, his "legacy" such as it is, depends on them......

Poor judgement on Obama's part.....

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Re: Supreme Court Justice Alito Plans to Skip Next State of Union Address
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2010, 03:38:50 PM »
After his treatment by Obama and the Democrats in the Senate, I don't blame him.
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Re: Supreme Court Justice Alito Plans to Skip Next State of Union Address
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2010, 03:56:47 PM »
It's customary for one of the supremes to "sit out" The SOTU address anyway, is it not. for security reasons,continuity of govt etc in case of attack.
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Re: Supreme Court Justice Alito Plans to Skip Next State of Union Address
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2010, 08:26:41 PM »
I was surprised to read that Thomas, Scalia, Stevens, et. al., had not attended the SOTU address in the past years. Breyer, the twit, seems to think it's a requirement for all 3 branches of government to be under one roof.

Like it really makes a difference.  :whatever:

In any event, Alito is not breaking new ground by not attending SOTU.
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Re: Supreme Court Justice Alito Plans to Skip Next State of Union Address
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2010, 06:59:10 AM »
You know how it is. He might get the urge to yell out, "You lie."
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Re: Supreme Court Justice Alito Plans to Skip Next State of Union Address
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2010, 07:12:25 AM »
It'd be funnier if he called him a prick.  :-) :cheersmate:

And more accurate.
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