Political Commentary
WASHINGTON ” The sober, sprawling State of the Union address President Obama delivered last week was marked by one extraordinary moment.
It came when the president looked down at six robed members of the Supreme Court, seated directly in front of him, and criticized their recent 5-4 decision that he said “will open the floodgates for special interests, including foreign corporations, to spend without limit in our elections.”
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Such direct confrontations between the branches of the federal government are almost unprecedented, and they set the stage for what ought to be a serious debate.
The day after, much of the discussion was focused narrowly on the question whether Obama was correct in saying that foreign corporations would be unleashed on American elections by the justices’ decision.
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