Alito was absolutely right. The Justices were guests. They didn’t have to be there. He attacked guests and ignored the women from Ft Hood. He also invited his partisan cronies in the room to attack and intimidate by applauding and surrounding the Justices. But we knew Obama is rude and it’s all about him.
I wonder how many people that should have been pointed out were there. What was the point of going if the _resident wasn’t going to acknowledge them? Did they pay their own way there?
Traditionally, presidents point out people in the room to show in a real and symbolic way that the State of the Union is about us.
We are in unchartered territory here. Obama was against the Supreme Court, and gave Congress a warning shot across the bow that he will go around them via executive order if necessary. There should have been audible gasps by everyone in the chamber at that.
This State of the Union was an attack on the Constitution. Obama violated his oath (the 2nd one) in front of the nation.