Posted on 01/21/2015 7:48:57 AM PST by South40
The wording in the Constitution is simple and straightforward: the President “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union.” There's nothing in there about the Supreme Court justices and, accordingly, there's nothing simple and straightforward about their attendance.
This year, six justices were in attendance, while three of the most conservative members of the court, Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito were noticeably absent. In the modern era, custom has held that the justices would show up in their official robes and sit impassively. But in recent years, they've become more resistant to the tradition.
Justice Antonin Scalia’s absence is no surprise. It was the 19th State of the Union in a row that he’s skipped since he considers the speech a “childish spectacle.”
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It was their night to wash the cat ?
Interesting that the Chief Justice traitor DID attend, isn’t it.
childish spectacle.” “dittos”
If the framers wanted the president to brief the Judicial Branch, they used words very carefully, they would have written instead: “shall from time to time give to the Judiciary Information of the State of the Union”
Or, if they intended it, it would be written: “shall from time to time give jointly to the Congress and Judiciary, Information of the State of the Union”
The GOP should have followed their lead. What a waste of time listening to that tripe for an hour. They could have been drinking. :-)
They were fresh out of barf bags.
” It was their night to wash the cat ? “
One had to go to the foot dentist to get his big toe filled......
Amen Justice Scalia. You da man!
Never heard the expression. Better than “I had to make soup.”
Justice Antonin Scalia’s absence is no surprise. It was the 19th State of the Union in a row that he’s skipped since he considers the speech a “childish spectacle.”
Justice Clarence Thomas’s empty seat was also unsurprising. In 2012, Thomas said he doesn’t attend the annual event because “it has become so partisan and it’s very uncomfortable for a judge to sit there.”
Thomas’s remark gets to the heart of why the State of the Union has become a painful event for the justices: the address has become a “political pep rally
Look at the frown on Robert face. He looks worried that maybe someone took compromising pictures of him when he was in college and Obama has them.
He should be sick...he personally has relegated the working men and women of this country to a regimen of health care that won’t provide health, won’t provide care, but will provide more dollars for the entitlement system Tsar Obama wants to implement. His mother and father should be ashamed of him.
Was Chief Justice Roberts smiling on proudly?
SCOTUS.
In this case, I would've even cut them some slack for toking on weed. We skipped the spectacle altogether and watched Hogan's Heros reruns.
Far more entertainment value and probably more realistic as well.
Well it took 3 martini’s to get me through it. Then I almost had to pour another one to get through the GOP rebuttal. All in all sad night for the Republic.
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