JUSTICE ROBERTS SPEAKS HIS MIND

Are we seeing the beginning of the court fighting back against the unconstitutional appropriations of power by the Executive branch. One can only hope; but I won't hold my breath. This seems more personal than constitutional on the part of Judge Roberts.

"Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said yesterday that the scene at President Obama's Jan. 27 State of the Union address was "very troubling" and said the annual speech had "degenerated to a political pep rally."
At Obama's address to Congress, he chided the Supreme Court - as six justices sat in the audience - for its decision in a campaign-finance case.

Roberts, replying to a University of Alabama law student's question, said that anyone was free to criticize the court and that some had an obligation to do so because of their positions. "On the other hand, there is the issue of the setting, the circumstances, and the decorum," he said.

"The image of having the members of one branch of government standing up. . . cheering and hollering while the court, according to the requirements of protocol, has to sit there expressionless, I think is very troubling," he said.

Roberts said he wondered whether justices should attend the speeches. "I'm not sure why we're there," he said."
Philadelphia Enquirer