Oh. That's just awful. The President said we did a stupid. Well, sir, try living out here in peasantville with the ramifications of your Court's decisions, then you'll know what is truly offensive. Chief justice unsettled by Obama's criticism of Supreme Court - latimes.com
Glen Greenwald had a bit to say on the matter, too:
"...What makes Roberts' petty, self-absorbed grievance all the more striking is that this is what judges do all the time. It's the essence of the judicial branch. Federal judges are basically absolute tyrants who rule over their courtroom and those in it with virtually no restraints. They can and do scold, criticize, berate, mock, humiliate and threaten anyone who appears before their little fiefdoms -- parties, defendants, lawyers, witnesses, audience members -- and not merely "decorum," but the force of law (in the form of contempt citations or other penalties), compels the target to sit silently and not respond. In fact, lawyers can be, and have been, punished just for publicly criticizing a judge..."
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