Supreme Court Justice Roberts Fibbed in Alabama, and YouTube Proves It

[madmom]

Anyone who has ever questioned whether or not the Supreme Court is a politically-charged body can wonder no more. It is.

Chief Justice Roberts, a George W. Bush appointee, spoke Tuesday at the University of Alabama. Commenting on President Obama's recent State of the Union remarks (where Obama criticized the Court's decision declaring that corporations are people), Roberts stated that "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 to the requirements of protocol -- has to sit there expressionless, I think is very troubling."

Roberts was engaging in political hyperbole, plain and simple, and he must surely know it. Given today's low standards of civility, he's lucky some student didn't yell out, "You lie!"

One need only look at this 47-second video clip from YouTube to see that, in truth, Democrats in the chamber stood and calmly applauded the president's deferential remarks, but there was no "cheering and hollering," as Roberts falsely exaggerated down South. Indeed, the only noisemaking beyond modulated applause was, in fact, discernible grumbling from Republicans.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/supreme-court-justice-rob_b_493984.html

[The Magistrate]

1. Of Course He Lied, Ma'am: He Is A Republican, And His Lips Were Moving....

[CatWoman]

5. Hi Sir

:hi:

good to see you :)

[RKP5637]

2. This guy is a train wreck for most Americans. n/t

[dmr]

3. That distinction of political hyperbole would never stand up in court, either

and because he is a SCOTUS, he should not play in political hyperbole.

[troubledamerican]

4. Remember how Roberts "accidentally" flubbed the Inaug Oath to provide "illegitimate Prez" pretext?

[havocmom]

6. Thanks for reminding us. He gripes about a pep rally like SOTU

and does the partisan pep rally crap himself. Good to be reminded that the whining is coming from the bozo who flubbed his tiny little speaking role in January 09, and most of us have firm opinion of why. He got called back to correct his error. OOOOOooo, the black man made him do it over until he got it right! Roberts must really hate being corrected TWICE now by the president of a color Roberts seems not to approve of.

He doesn't get that three branches of government thing and he ain't the friggin boss of the black guy.

[malaise]

9. I don't intend to forget

He does throw a mean fit!!! :puke:

[dickthegrouch]

7. Were there any Dem cops in the audience?

It would be so delicious to have SCOTUS hauled up for lying to a cop

[SpiralHawk]

8. Typical republicon chickenhawk: lying again

As ever...

[eShirl]

10. The truth is no obstacle to a "conservative." n/t