Gibbs Fires Back At Chief Justice Roberts Over Obama Criticism (Re: SOTU Rebuke of Citizens United)

[jefferson_dem]

Good stuff, Mr. Gibbs! :applause:

Gibbs Fires Back At Chief Justice Roberts Over Obama Criticism
First Posted: 03- 9-10 09:01 PM | Updated: 03- 9-10 11:08 PM

The White House fired back at Justice John Roberts Tuesday night, after the Supreme Court Chief told a crowd that he found it "very troubling" that President Barack Obama would criticize the court during his State of the Union address.

In a statement sent to reporters, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that the only troubling thing was the 5-4 ruling by the court, which said that corporations could spend unlimited amounts of money advocating on behalf of candidates in elections. Roberts leads the court.

"What is troubling is that this decision opened the floodgates for corporations and special interests to pour money into elections - drowning out the voices of average Americans," Gibbs said. "The President has long been committed to reducing the undue influence of special interests and their lobbyists over government. That is why he spoke out to condemn the decision and is working with Congress on a legislative response."

The push back against the Supreme Court header from the White House seems almost unprecedented in its directness, though White House officials claim previous administrations expressed equally public criticisms of the court. Undoubtedly, it's bound to spur another round of debates over what constitutes proper decorum between the two branches.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/09/gibbs-fires-back-at-chief_n_492633.html

[Cha]

1. Yeah, you should have just shut the fuck up

about it, roberts..now you've reopened that wound.

[FrenchieCat]

2. Wasn't that Roberts opening up his big fat trap?

Could have sworn, it is the appointed for life asshole that needed to STFU!

[onehandle]

3. There was a time when SCOTUS was above politics.

And then they selected our President and knew that if they could get away with that, they could say and do anything they want.

[jillan]

4. Why is Roberts speaking out anyway? Isn't there some rule that the Chief Justice should be above

politics? He should be impeached for swearing under oath that he would not legislate from the bench.

[Triana]

5. John Roberts and the Usurping Crap Court are full of themselves

I'm sick of them trying to turn the US into "Corprat Slutz R Us".

Can we get the corprat pimps OFF the Supreme Court? Or, can we get RID of the court? They seem to serve no good purpose these days besides trashing and/or drowning out the voice of the people in this country - in their ever-present and insidious corprat whoredom.

WHO needs them? I don't. Maybe we can outsource their a$$es.

[TomCADem]

6. A "Conservative" Court Upends Decades of Campaign Finance Precedent...

...and the right wing complains about activist judges?

[leftynyc]

7. Poor baby got his feelings hurt?

I saw this story this morning and got nauseous. It's not enough that he's the chief of the most political and most conservative court ever - he doesn't want anyone questioning him and his minions - too fucking bad.

[Cha]

8. kick