Chief Justice Roberts on State of the Union Fiasco

Chief Justice Roberts has made some comments about President Obama's criticism of the Court at the State of the Union address.

While he defends the President's right to criticize the Court, he also says:

"On the other hand, there is the issue of the setting, the circumstances and the decorum...The image of having the members of one branch of government standing up, literally surrounding the Supreme Court, cheering and hollering while the court — according the requirements of protocol — has to sit there expressionless, I think is very troubling."

I totally agree, and said so here:

I have no problem with the President's remarks per se, I just have a problem with the setting. I'm a huge fan of free speech, but I'm also a fan of tactfulness. Obama's remarks put the Court in a very uncomfortable position. The Justices' dignity forced them to sit calmly and take the President's undignified (and provably false) attack. And not all of them succeeded in restraining themselves.