POLITICO’s Kasie Hunt, who’s in the House chamber, reports that Justice Samuel Alito mouthed the words “not true” when President Barack Obama criticized the Supreme Court’s campaign finance decision.<\/p>\n
“Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests\u00a0\u2014 including foreign corporations\u00a0\u2014 to spend without limit in our elections,” Obama said. “Well I don\u2019t think American elections should be bankrolled by America\u2019s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities. They should be decided by the American people, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m urging Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps to right this wrong.”<\/p>\n
The shot of the black-robed Supreme Court justices, stone-faced, was priceless.<\/p>\n
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stood up behind the justices and clapped vigorously while Alito shook his head and quietly mouthed his discontent.<\/p>\n
Schumer\u00a0and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) are trying to find a way to legislate around the Supreme Court decision.<\/p>\n
“All you have to do is read the dissent, the four justices who said this will defintely open the floodgates to big corporate special interests. Anybody who thinks that’s not true is out of touch with the American political process.” Van Hollen said.<\/p>\n