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Chief Justice Speaks Out

(You may recall during the State of the Union Address President Obama gave it to Judges on the current Supreme Court. Never mind that Obama had his so called facts wrong but I was troubled that the Judges were expected to just sit in their seats while Democrats all around them jumped up from their seats in support of Obama and his wrong facts. )

In his State of the Union address earlier this year, President Barack Obama criticized the Supreme Court for a recent ruling striking down regulations limiting corporate contributions in elections. Obama’s condemnation brought many members of Congress to their feet, a moment Roberts said was of concern to him.

“The image of having the members of one branch of government standing up, literally surrounding the Supreme Court, cheering and hollering while the court — according the requirements of protocol — has to sit there expressionless, I think is very troubling.”


(That is one of the reasons I posted on this blog that I supported Justice Samuel Alito who appears to mouth the words not true when Obama gave his speech. 
 How much longer should these judges be expected to go and just stay in their seats during what has become a political speech. Yesterday the Chief Justice (3-11-10 Chief Justice Speaks Out  ) seem to be saying the same thing.  I think it would be nice if next year and until Obama leaves office that we find very few  if any of the high court justices at the State of the Union Address. )



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Court to rule in military funeral protest case

The Supreme Court is entering an emotionally charged dispute between the grieving father of a Marine who died in Iraq and the anti-gay protesters who picket military funerals with inflammatory messages like "Thank God for dead soldiers."

The court agreed Monday to consider whether the protesters' message, no matter how provocative or upsetting, is protected by the First Amendment or limited by the competing privacy and religious rights of the mourners.

The justices will hear an appeal from a Marine's father to reinstate a $5 million verdict against the protesters after they picketed outside his son's funeral in Maryland four years ago. Members of a Kansas-based church have picketed military funerals to spread their belief that U.S. deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq are punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality.

The funeral was one of many that have been picketed by Westboro pastor Fred Phelps and other members of his church. One of the signs at Snyder's funeral combined the U.S. Marine Corps motto, Semper Fi, with a slur against gay men.

Other signs carried by church members read, "America is Doomed," "God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11," "Priests Rape Boys" and "Thank God for IEDs," a reference to the roadside bombs that have killed many U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

(As an American  who is a person of faith this whole issues is very upsetting to me. People should have the right not to worry about those who might try to use the death of their love one to make some kind of  point if it be political or culture. However what is more troubling is that some might view this group as what Bible based  faith in the Lord is all about. This group is not showing people the Lord at all but some man made faith. Read more of the above story  Court to rule in military funeral protest case.)


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