SCOTUS Justice Appears on Fox News Sunday Morning

By Matt Lewis, Editor
The Gilbert Gumption

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia appeared on Fox News Sunday and spoke with Chris Wallace. The two spoke about President Barack Obama’s comments on Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission.

In full disclosure, I’m a blue-dog democrat, but I do agree that Mr. Obama was a bit out of line calling out the Supreme Court, while they were sitting mere feet from the foot of the podium. This smack-down took place in 2010 during the president’s State of the Union speech. He could have still voiced his concerns with the decision, rather than calling-out the justices.

While I do appreciate that Mr. Scalia admits the justices are picked based on presidential bias, I still think it is highly inappropriate that Mr. Scalia appeared on the conservative-leaning opinion-based leaning news program. Continue reading