U.S. Supreme Court Justices listen as President Obama addresses a joint session of Congress (Chris Kleponis/AFP/Getty Images)
During his State of the Union Address, President Obama called out the Supreme Court for its ruling that allowed corporations to spend money on ads for political candidates. At the time, Justice Alito rolled his eyes and mouthed "not true." The scene caused a stir as different branches of the government pointed fingers at each other. Yesterday, Chief Justice John Roberts broke the silence and shot back, telling a group of University of Alabama students that the incident was "very troubling."
Slate's senior legal editor, Dahlia Lithwick, has more.
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Todd Zwillich said that the Supreme Court justices at the State of the Union address were "surrounded by the other three branches of government." Please give Todd a first-year high school civics textbook & explain to him that there are only three branches of the federal government and that both the House and Senate belong to the legislative branch.
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