Pres Obama v. Supreme Court

[JVO]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1231

This entire story troubles me for some reason. I really don't like the fact that the President condemned the Court in the state of the union. It was just a classless move used to score political points, but still CJ Roberts doesn't need to be such a damn cry baby about it. Walk it off Chief, you will be in power decades after the President is gone. As much as I disagree with the President's move, I agree with what he said and it was nice to see the Supreme Court face the fact that a vast majority of America thinks this was a stupid ruling. Of course I don't think Court should use the opinions of the American people (and God forbid CONGRESS) to make their rulings, but to see how freaked out they became over a little criticism is ridiculous.

[zero2056]

Wait a second... didn't President Douchebag just appoint the latest judge to the court to attempt to stack the deck in his favor (which is his right... Bush certainly did it for the other side)?

I think its funny that conservative and liberal presidents pick out justices, and then after they get on the court they do a total 180 of their viewpoints and don't accomplish and represent what they thought they were getting when they appointed the judge.

Regardless, I don't like the ruling based on nothing more than I think its a bit unethical in what it's opened up: direct contributions to a campaign or support or oppose a potential candidate by Corps. However, ultimately Obama is wasting his time bringing it up, because corporations, foreign interest, etc. are already influencing decisions through lobbyists and funding special interest groups (all of which he and anyone else that pays attention ALREADY knows), so to bring it up is nothing but a very feeble attempt to enrage the masses who he obviously believes can't think for themselves into believing that ruling is going to change anything in how Politics work in the USA.

Thanks for continuing to play to the lowest common denominator, Prez.

C'mon 2012.

How often does a president or congressman take on the Supreme Court? Seems like a not-so-smart thing to do.

[slam]

poor little justice roberts; no respect i tell ya, no respect at all!

the simple fact is that roberts made one hell of a bad decision on that case. and i don't mean bad as in 'i disagree with it'. the supreme court does that all the time. i mean bad as in putting the nail in the coffin of our already broken democracy.

i respect the nonpartisan traditions of the supreme court; i appreciate that they never stand and clap during the state of the union. i think it's wise that they're appointed for life. but when they fuck up colossally, damn it, the other two branches of government have the right to call them out on it. publicly. to their face.

didn't President Douchebag just appoint the latest judge to the court to attempt to stack the deck in his favor

no, no he did not. unless by 'in his favor' you mean appointing someone with similar constitutional views as his. Sotomayor is certainly not a lefty liberal socialist, which is what i took you to mean. back when obama appointed her, he still had some bipartisan leanings. after getting raked over the coals by the republicans, i hope his next nominee is ralph fucking nader.

[Soul Queen]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/12/AR2010031204127.html?hpid=topnews


After the Supreme Court declared that corporations have the same rights as individuals when it comes to funding political campaigns, the self-described progressive firm took what it considers the next logical step: declaring for office.

"Until now, corporate interests had to rely on campaign contributions and influence-peddling to achieve their goals in Washington," the candidate, who was unavailable for an interview, said in a statement. "But thanks to an enlightened Supreme Court, now we can eliminate the middle-man and run for office ourselves."

William Klein, a "hired gun" who has been enlisted as Murray Hill's campaign manager, said the firm appears to be the first "corporate person" to run for office and is promising a spirited campaign that "puts people second, or even third."