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Justice Samuel Alito skips State of the Union [Six of nine will attend]
Politico ^ | January 25, 2011 | Meredith Shiner

Posted on 01/25/2011 9:22:07 AM PST by Hawk720

Six out of nine members of the Supreme Court will attend Tuesday night’s State of the Union, just one year after President Barack Obama openly chided the court for its Citizen’s United decision on campaign finance in the annual address.

The court did not make available the names of the justices who will attend, but Justice Samuel Alito, Jr. has a speaking engagement at the University of Hawaii law school, whose website is currently running an “Aloha Alito” slide show on its homepage.

Alito was at the center of the awkward and unusual 2010 exchange with the president during last year’s address. When Obama challenged the decision of the majority of justices in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case, which lifted many of the restrictions on corporate giving to federal campaigns, cameras in the chamber caught Alito mouthing the words “not true” in response to Obama’s critique.

The other likely no-shows are justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, who rarely attend the speech.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 112th; alito; bhosotu; scotus; snub
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1 posted on 01/25/2011 9:22:09 AM PST by Hawk720
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To: Hawk720

I shouldn’t think that the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States should be required, precedent or otherwise, to attend a so-called State of the Union Address by a person who won’t even prove he is a citizen.


2 posted on 01/25/2011 9:24:47 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Hawk720

I've always been partial to Seven of Nine...

3 posted on 01/25/2011 9:25:11 AM PST by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: NativeNewYorker

Yep....her and the BSG Blonde Haired Chick....


4 posted on 01/25/2011 9:26:15 AM PST by Gaffer
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Obama broke protocol when he slapped the judges. They owe him zero. I hope none of them show up.


5 posted on 01/25/2011 9:26:41 AM PST by stillafreemind
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To: NativeNewYorker

She won’t be there either — she’s still upset about what Obama did to her husband.


6 posted on 01/25/2011 9:26:41 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: NativeNewYorker

Isn’t she connected in someway to Obama’s political career?


7 posted on 01/25/2011 9:27:42 AM PST by Moonman62 (Half of all Americans are above average. Politicians come from the other half.)
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To: stillafreemind

Oh you know the four judicial lightweights will definitely be there. . they owe their allegiance to Obama and Clinton


8 posted on 01/25/2011 9:30:01 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat (The Rodney King Riots: Courtesy of ABC, CBS, NBC & CNN)
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To: Hawk720

Let the smear begin.


9 posted on 01/25/2011 9:33:17 AM PST by the invisib1e hand (talk to the hand.)
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To: Moonman62

Her messy divorce papers were illegally leaked, dooming the career of her GOP senate ex.


10 posted on 01/25/2011 9:33:39 AM PST by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: Moonman62

She was married to Jack Ryan who ran against The Rookie until The Rookie’s campaign leaked the couple’s bitter divorce papers.


11 posted on 01/25/2011 9:36:01 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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To: the invisib1e hand

Already has if you’re reading the NYT. They have a front page article on Thomas’ wife’s unreported salary at The Heritage Foundation.


12 posted on 01/25/2011 9:37:16 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper; Moonman62

Many people don’t realize that the presidency is the first election Obama ever won without having first had his viable competition eliminated.


13 posted on 01/25/2011 10:03:14 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat

And he didn’t need to eliminate McCain.


14 posted on 01/25/2011 10:15:26 AM PST by Moonman62 (Half of all Americans are above average. Politicians come from the other half.)
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To: Gaffer

Least of all by those who could make him prove it. I wouldn´t let a damned one of them in my house either.


15 posted on 01/25/2011 10:15:26 AM PST by onedoug
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To: stillafreemind
Obama broke protocol when he slapped the judges. They owe him zero. I hope none of them show up.

We know that at least 1 will be there -- the "Wise Latina" that Obama put on the Court. Other than that I don't know.

Maybe we should start a betting pool. What is the over/under for Supremes attending? I make it 5.

16 posted on 01/25/2011 10:18:05 AM PST by Tallguy (Received a fine from the NFL for a helmet-to-helmet hit.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

[ She was married to Jack Ryan who ran against The Rookie until The Rookie’s campaign leaked the couple’s bitter divorce papers. ]

So now I can Blame Star Trek Voyager for Oblah blah....


17 posted on 01/25/2011 10:18:28 AM PST by GraceG
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To: Moonman62
And he didn’t need to eliminate McCain.

McCain did that all by himself. One-by-one he removed every rational for anybody but a Republican to vote for him. In the end it was, "Vote for me. I'm a veteran." Important yes, but insufficient these days. Anybody could have told him that -- especially post-Bill Clinton.

18 posted on 01/25/2011 10:20:37 AM PST by Tallguy (Received a fine from the NFL for a helmet-to-helmet hit.)
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To: Hawk720

I’m sure Obama’s personal ‘eligibility’ lawyer, Kagan, will be there.


19 posted on 01/25/2011 10:29:06 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Hawk720

Why should SCOTUS attend Obama’s campaign kickoff speech tonight?


20 posted on 01/25/2011 10:33:13 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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