President Biden slammed Supreme Court members for the controversial Dobbs decision during Thursday night’s State of the Union address. This echoed the actions of former President Barack Obama, who condemned the high court judges’ decision in his 2010 State of the Union address to Congress.
In a high-profile speech at the Capitol on Thursday, attended by six sitting Supreme Court justices, Biden spoke at length about abortion and women’s health care. At one point, the president directly criticized the justices for their June 2022 ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, saying they did not recognize the “voting rights or political power” that women in the United States have. hinted.
“With all due respect, judges, women do not lack the right to vote or political power,” Biden said. “You’re about to realize how much of a thing it is.”
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President Biden’s decision to target Supreme Court justices during Thursday’s State of the Union address echoes former President Barack Obama’s decision in 2010. (Getty Images)
“Those who brag about the reversal of Roe v. Wade have no idea about the power of women, but when reproductive freedom is on the ballot, we will win in 2022, we will win in 2020, and we will win in 2020. And they realized when they won again in 2024,” he added. .
Biden’s remarks drew immediate applause and a standing ovation from Democrats and Cabinet members who had gathered in the House chamber to hear the president’s remarks.
Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson remained seated, as Biden said, “Roe v. Wade.” I watched as he vowed to reinstate the incident as the law of this country.” “He should be given a pro-choice Congress.”
Although unusual, Mr. Biden’s move to directly target the judge’s decision was similar to that of Mr. Obama, who expressed dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court’s ruling in his own State of the Union address.
U.S. Supreme Court justices listen to President Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Julia Nickinson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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During a speech to a joint session of Congress in January 2010, Obama criticized the court’s ruling. 5-4 decision in Citizens Unitedreduced campaign spending limits for businesses.
“With all due respect to the separation of powers, I believe that last week the Supreme Court will overturn a century-old law that allows special interests, including foreign corporations, to spend unlimited amounts on elections,” Obama said. Stated. House of Representatives that year.
“I do not believe that American elections should be funded by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities. Elections should be funded by American citizens. “And I would urge Democrats and Republicans to pass legislation that will help fix some of these problems.’These problems exist,” he added.
President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 27, 2010. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Justice Samuel Alito was seen uttering words that appeared to be “untrue” in apparent disagreement with then-President Obama’s statements.
Mr. Alito, along with Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Clarence Thomas, did not attend Mr. Biden’s Thursday night speech. Alito is part of the court’s conservative majority, but he has not attended a State of the Union address since 2010.
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In response to President Obama’s remarks in 2010, Biden, then vice president, appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and said, “I don’t doubt the integrity of the court. “I’m holding her,” he reportedly claimed.
