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Justice Alito's Candid Response To Obama's Rebuke
The Washington Post ^ | 2/1/10 | E. J. Dionne

Posted on 02/01/2010 9:33:43 AM PST by steve-b

The nation owes a substantial debt to Justice Samuel Alito for his display of unhappiness over President Obama's criticisms of the Supreme Court's recent legislation -- excuse me, decision -- opening our electoral system to a new torrent of corporate money.

Alito's inability to restrain himself during the State of the Union address brought to wide attention a truth that too many have tried to ignore: The Supreme Court is now dominated by a highly politicized conservative majority intent on working its will, even if that means ignoring precedents and the wishes of the elected branches of government.

Obama called the court on this, and Alito shook his head and apparently mouthed "not true." His was the honest reaction of a judicial activist who believes he has the obligation to impose his version of right reason on the rest of us.

The controversy also exposed the impressive capacity of the conservative judicial revolutionaries to live by double standards without apology.

The movement's legal theorists and politicians have spent more than four decades attacking alleged judicial abuses by liberals, cheering on the presidents who joined them in their assaults. But now, they are terribly offended that Obama has straightforwardly challenged the handiwork of their judicial comrades.

There is ample precedent for Obama's firm but respectful rebuke of the court. I know of no one on the right who protested when President Ronald Reagan, in a 1983 article in the Human Life Review, took on the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision of 10 years earlier....

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obama; obamedia; stevebzot; supremecourt
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To: steve-b

Typical leftist tactics. Obama lies and insults SCOTUS to provoke a reaction, and his acolytes continue the attack by pretending that Justice Alito was wrong to resent the rudeness and dishonesty.


41 posted on 02/01/2010 10:38:37 AM PST by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: Interesting Times

I don’t think most posters on this thread understand what is happening here. This isn’t just a random article by a detached-from-reality liberal; it’s a coordinated political attack on the Supreme Court. Dionne is wired into the revolutionary Left at the highest levels.


42 posted on 02/01/2010 10:44:32 AM PST by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: muleskinner
"It's good to see the psychosis of leftists..."
That sums up the majority of steve-b's posts.
43 posted on 02/01/2010 10:51:51 AM PST by astyanax (Liberalism: Logic's retarded cousin.)
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To: steve-b

I see E. J. forgot to put on his diaper again.


44 posted on 02/01/2010 10:53:41 AM PST by savedbygrace
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To: steve-b
Iknow of no one on the right who protested when President Ronald Reagan, in a 1983 article in the Human Life Review

But Not when they sat in the audience at a SOTU address, just in time for a very widely viewed public rebuke.

Obama is a demagogue who is going to be cut back pretty severely next November. Lets see him try and pull this sh&t next January.

45 posted on 02/01/2010 10:57:13 AM PST by Nonstatist
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To: steve-b

WTF.

Since when is UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTION Judicial Activism? That’s what they are supposed to do! Not INTERPRET the constitution into what ever the Liberal jerks want it to say, but what it actually MEANS. Alito was RIGHT to spank Bambi’s ass.


46 posted on 02/01/2010 10:58:27 AM PST by Danae (Don't think the Constitution matters? Try living in a country without one.)
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To: Nonstatist

I am so with you! Next SOTU address is gonna be a deafeningly QUIET one. Bambi is gonna have humble pie all over his face, and boy is that going to look good.


47 posted on 02/01/2010 11:01:12 AM PST by Danae (Don't think the Constitution matters? Try living in a country without one.)
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To: muleskinner
Some people have nothing better to do than accuse their brother FReepers of being "trolls".

Such people are the real trolls.

48 posted on 02/01/2010 11:03:21 AM PST by steve-b (Intelligent Design -- "A Wizard Did It")
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To: Nonstatist

Obama has not disappointed Our Expectations!
He truly is a Pathetic Pile of Cow Manure!


49 posted on 02/01/2010 11:05:21 AM PST by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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To: steve-b

The economic disparity in the ‘08 election was 10 to 1 in favor of the democrats thanks to McCain/Feingold. The Republicans STILL got 46% of the vote. Pare that down to 5 to 1 and we might even win next time inspite of ACORN, Move-on.org, foreign money, dead voters, felon voters,Black Panthers intimidating polling places, RINO’s and hordes of stupified, drooling socialists. JMHO of course. Your mileage may vary.


50 posted on 02/01/2010 11:18:45 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Liberty Valance

Dang. I forgot to add illegal alien voters.


51 posted on 02/01/2010 11:20:51 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: steve-b; muleskinner

Unfortunately, you are the only “brother FReeper” I know of who consistently posts trash from E.J. Dionne, David Frum, Andrew Sullivan, Frank Rich and a collection of other losers.


52 posted on 02/01/2010 11:32:52 AM PST by astyanax (Liberalism: Logic's retarded cousin.)
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To: steve-b

McCain-Feingold worked nicely for the country in the 2008 campaign, didn’t it?


53 posted on 02/01/2010 11:51:33 AM PST by DPMD (~)
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To: steve-b
even if that means ignoring precedents and the wishes of the elected branches of government.

If the SCOTUS would ignore all precedents, slavery and segregation, plus a lot of other things would still be legal in this country.

54 posted on 02/01/2010 12:13:01 PM PST by Arrowhead1952 (Hey zero, It is NOT Bush's fault anymore.)
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To: steve-b

“His was the honest reaction of a judicial activist who believes he has the obligation to impose his version of right reason on the rest of us.”

Old gambit. Control the message. Accuse your opposition of exactly what you’re doing to them. Works especially well when you control the..., er, are the press.


55 posted on 02/01/2010 12:39:18 PM PST by corvus
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To: steve-b
Justice Alito's Candid Response To Obama's Rebuke demogagary

There fixed it for you Stevie.

56 posted on 02/01/2010 12:54:40 PM PST by MNJohnnie ("The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples' money" Lady Thatcher)
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To: astyanax

It is with a happy heart that I report that Steve-B has been either banned or suspended from FR. He was the longest lasting troll in FR history. Good riddance!


57 posted on 03/03/2010 10:21:48 AM PST by ohioman
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To: ohioman

58 posted on 03/03/2010 10:24:15 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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To: ohioman

Wow! Thanks for the heads up.
He must have convinced himself he was invincible and REALLY went over the line, considering all the other crap he got away with posting.
I always assumed they just kept him around to serve as a bad example...
;)


59 posted on 03/03/2010 11:05:54 AM PST by astyanax (Liberalism: Logic's retarded cousin.)
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To: Servant of the Cross; roses of sharon; johncocktoasten; McGruff; frogjerk; cornelis

Check out post #57.


60 posted on 03/03/2010 11:07:11 AM PST by astyanax (Liberalism: Logic's retarded cousin.)
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