Obama Criticizes Citizens United at State of Union, Alito Responds 'Not True'

| Importance: 8/10 | Status: confirmed

President Obama directly criticizes Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision during State of the Union Address, with Justice Samuel Alito visibly shaking his head and mouthing ’not true’ in unprecedented breach of judicial protocol

Key Actors

Barack Obama Samuel Alito John Roberts Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer Sonia Sotomayor Antonin Scalia

Tags

constitutional-crisis separation-of-powers judicial-independence campaign-finance presidential-criticism supreme-court-protocol democratic-institutions

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