TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Chief Justice Roberts on the State of the Union:

I have no problems with that [criticism of the Supreme Court]. On the other hand, there is the issue of the setting, the circumstances and the decorum.

The image of having the members of one branch of government standing up, literally surrounding the Supreme Court, cheering and hollering while the court — according to the requirements of protocol — has to sit there expressionless, I think is very troubling.

The President, and Congress, used the event to ridicule the Supreme Court before the nation, in a setting where the Supreme Court can do nothing but sit there, expressionless. Justice Alito couldn’t help but shake his head and mouth “not true,” and was heavily criticized for it by the left for being political.

What President Obama, and this Congress, did politicized what shouldn’t be, whether you agree with the ruling or not. The State of the Union is something unique in our government, where the three branches meet for one night. Using it as a pulpit to ridicule another branch in front of the country, a setting whose tradition demand they not respond, is disgusting. It takes a solemn event that pays respect to our system of government, our nation, and uses it for partisan advantage.

That’s what Roberts is objecting to, and he has every right to.