tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603152282016051647.post3744908347151386270..comments2019-03-24T09:47:42.629-07:00Comments on Politics and Religion: Bullshitting With Friends: The Supreme Court and CorporationsPhat Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09151703524818828602noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603152282016051647.post-34491219524911015302010-02-02T04:00:38.007-08:002010-02-02T04:00:38.007-08:00I have no problem with Obama discussing the decisi...I have no problem with Obama discussing the decision. I talk about Kelo as if it is a spawn from hell all the time. What I had a problem with was the setting. That is neither the time, nor the place. It is like inviting your dad to an award banquet and while you are there, you dress him down for not playing catch with you enough. Bad form.<br /><br />As far as Alito goes, I don't disagree with you. I give him some leeway though since there were people saying things that were lies and this fake populust movement was cheering in his face. At some point you just have to shake your head.Bogarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03239349739202059474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603152282016051647.post-68713545096431673982010-02-01T12:46:29.981-08:002010-02-01T12:46:29.981-08:00I absolutely disagree. Presidents and members of ...I absolutely disagree. Presidents and members of Congress have discussed decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court for decades. Hell, the modern conservative movement was propelled by the decisions of the Warren and Burger Courts. Obama was well within his rights to criticize them.<br /><br />While the ruling itself did not touch upon foreign corporations, it opens the door for lower Courts to do so.<br /><br />Alito, meanwhile, was wrong to react in any way. As a Justice, he is supposed to be impartial, particularly in partisan events. Showing his displeasure at the State of the Union (instead of swallowing his pride) indicates a potential bias against the President, and that's a bad thing.Phat Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151703524818828602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603152282016051647.post-25699686489405087832010-02-01T09:58:55.607-08:002010-02-01T09:58:55.607-08:00What our fair President said about the decision in...What our fair President said about the decision in the SOTU was false. Alito was right in shaking his head. Obama, a Harvard Law School grad, either did not understand what the narrow ruling meant, or he was lying. <br /><br />Also, when he called out the SCOTUS in that speech...it was rude. Dirty pool.Bogarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03239349739202059474noreply@blogger.com