Chief Justice of SCOTUS is upset with Obama for smacking him in the face with the truth in front of the entire nation.  Roberts can’t admit that during his confirmation hearings, when he testified in support of stare decisis, proclaiming his great respect for precedent, he was actually giggling inside like a twelve-year-old girl knowing full well that he’d begin overturning precedent at the very first opportune moment.

The irony is, of course, too thick to cut with a knife.  The basis of the opinion for which Roberts is receiving criticism involved extending the fundamental right of free speech to corporations. Yes, the opinion extends the same constitutional rights that you and I enjoy to corporations.  Now, however, when Obama shows up to deliver his State of the Union address, the only constitutionally mandated event in which the chief executive is to deliver his assessment of how the union is doing, Roberts thinks that Obama’s constitutional right of free speech ought to be checked at the door.

The White House responded well:

What is troubling is that [Roberts'] decision opened the floodgates for corporations and special interests to pour money into elections – drowning out the voices of average Americans. . . . The president has long been committed to reducing the undue influence of special interests and their lobbyists over government. That is why he spoke out to condemn the decision and is working with Congress on a legislative response.

I couldn’t agree more.