Quote Originally Posted by demodan View Post
I haven't keep up with what all that Supreme Court has taken issues with...but I do read the USA Today every day; and everytime I read about our courts decissions on most all issues recently.... in the past year or so..the vote has been allways been 5-4......funny that there are 5 "conservatives" and 4 "liberals".....So even in the place of our highest Judges, our highest court...that are supposed to be in the "middle" ... an open mind...comes BS politics; even in our highest court....Sad and very concerning...for me anyway.
So...I don't blame Pres. Obama making an issue on a decission they voted on. If anybody has a right to rebuke...the pres. has that right...heck, even we do.
Im sure they can handle the pressure...we all need that. Lets look at the vote next time they have a big decission to make...bet it will be 5-4 again (I'll make a post right here)...very sad.
Dan, the real problem (and the cause of those 5-4 votes you despise) is not so much conservatism vs. liberalism, but in the attitude of justices toward their Constitutional duty.

The "5" --Roberts, Kennedy, Scalia, Thomas and Alito--believe that their job is to interpret the Constitution. The "4"--Sotomayor, Stevens, Ginsburg and Breyer--believe that their mission is to use the courts to achieve a desired social outcome.

This philosophical divide was never more evident than in Citizens United vs. FEC. The Constitution is as clear as it can possibly be: "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech." I believe the 4 dissenters understand that as well, but for them the law is going to lose when a decision might have a social impact they don't care for.