Posted by
Billy on Thursday, January 28, 2010 8:12:03 PM
POLITICO's Kasie Hunt, who's in the House chamber, reports that Justice
Samuel Alito mouthed the words "not true" when President Barack Obama criticized
the Supreme Court's campaign finance decision.
"Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the
floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend
without limit in our elections," Obama said. "Well I don’t think American
elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse,
by foreign entities. They should be decided by the American people, and that’s
why I’m urging Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps to right this
wrong."
The shot of the black-robed Supreme Court justices, stone-faced, was
priceless. (JUSTICE
ALITO MOUTHS 'NOT TRUE' TO OBAMA... )
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stood up behind the justices and clapped
vigorously while Alito shook his head and quietly mouthed his discontent.
(We are headed down a dangerous road if a President is going to tell the highest court in the land how to rule or how it should decide a case and that is what Mr. Obama did last night.)