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cory777 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 04:01 AM
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Chief justice unsettled by Obama's criticism of Supreme Court
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Source: LA Times

By David G. Savage
March 10, 2010

Reporting from Washington - Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. told law students Tuesday that he found it "very troubling" to be surrounded by loudly cheering critics at President Obama's State of the Union address, saying it was reason enough for the justices not to attend the annual speech to Congress.

"To the extent the State of the Union has degenerated into a political pep rally, I'm not sure why we are there," Roberts said at the University of Alabama School of Law.



Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-roberts-speech10-2010mar10,0,4550858.story


Maybe they should be in jail instead?
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