Justice Alito’s reaction to a portion of President Obama’s State of the Union has sent heads spinning. The Post also has major coverage this morning. And legal experts said they had never seen anything quite like it, a rare and unvarnished showdown between two political branches during what is usually the careful choreography of the […]
Category: Courts & Cases
Citizens United reactions pouring in
The Post prints a few letters to the editor about Citizens United. George Will’s reaction to the case is here. The case came up in the oral argument in Speechnow before the D.C. Circuit yesterday. Here’s The Post’s report. “What can you add to what Justice Kennedy said?” [Chief Judge David] Sentelle said, referring to […]
The President’s State of the Union on Citizens United and foreign nationals #SOTU
The Times is reporting that President Obama’s State of the Union speech may be mischaracterizing the Supreme Court’s opinion in Citizens United (scroll to the 8:31 p.m. entry). The president appeared to have mischaracterized the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn restrictions on corporate-paid political commercials by suggesting that the decision invited political advertisements by foreign […]