The more I try to digest Barack Hussein Obama the more I get acute indigestion. No, I couldn’t listen to his “State of the Union” address this week and turned down the radio when snippets of his voice came over the air waves.

Reading about the speech in the aftermath I came to believe not much was different, it was the same old line read off a teleprompter promising this, promising that, criticizing the past, ensuring he would get what he wants and then………WHAT? Obama verbally attacked the Justices (well at least five while four received collateral damage) for a recent decision upholding the US Constitution in the case Citzens United v. Federal Elections Commission.

“Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests—including foreign corporations—to spend without limit in our elections. Well I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities. They should be decided by the American people, and that’s why I’m urging Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps to right this wrong.”

This was such poor judgment but I’m sure very well planned. What followed was a continuation of the frontal assault with attacks from the sides and rear. Sun Tzu would be proud (THE ART OF WAR) while Democratic senators, congressmen and cabinet officials surrounding the six seated justices in attendance as a courtesy stood, applauded and cheered (or jeered) depending on your point of view.

Certainly, not everyone agrees with the Supreme Court and a whole discourse is available in Mark Levin’s Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America.

The annual address known at the State of the Union is heard around the world by the person occupying the most powerful office in the world to the largest democratic body ever known to the world live at prime time on television, radio and streaming across the Internet.

Singling out Supreme Court justices in front of a huge audience or any audience for that matter is as distasteful and dishonest as anything imaginable. We should expect more but now we have come to expect the worse from Mr. Obama who asks for bi-partisanship, criticizes his predecessor non-stop, lies publicly to the American public and becomes irritable and threatening. He acts more like a playground bully then what is expected from his office and the respect it deserves.

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United concerned the right of labor unions and domestic corporations, including nonprofits, to express their views about candidates in media such as books, films and TV within 60 days of an election. In short, it concerned freedom of speech; in particular, an independent film critical of Hillary Clinton funded by a nonprofit corporation.

To hear the state run media one would think the Justices gave the largest companies in the world carte blanche to buy off any politician they want. We call that lobbying and it’s an art form on K-Street in the Beltway.

Certainly, Obama’s address was vetted before being issue only 30-minutes prior to reading it live before a joint session of Congress and the world. Certainly, a graduate of Harvard Law and someone who lectured on Constitutional Law would have some idea on how to research the facts and separate them from ludicrous claims.

No, Mr. Obama knew what he was doing and that was demonstrating his lack of class, humility while ignoring facts, law and Stare Decisis. Sorry, this is a man on a mission and it’s not a good thing for a Democracy. Yes, Obama has said, “words mean something” and when they are spoken with intent of malice in a public forum ambushing six members of the judiciary, and calling upon the legislative branch to deride them publicly. Setting the stage for his outrageous claim Obama began, “with all due respect” and proceeded to behave disrespectfully.

The facts are simple if you know where to look for them and any vetting process worth its salt would know that SCOTUS reversed a 1990 decision allowing a ban on free speech as brought in Citizens United, it left standing current restrictions on foreign nationals and “entities.” Also left untouched was a 100-year-old ban on domestic corporate contributions to political campaigns to which Obama was presumably referring to erroneously. Obama got the whole thing incorrect in only 72 words without reference to the US Constitution or First Amendment, something quite visible in the decision by the court.

Mr. Obama and anyone else may criticize rulings by the Supreme Court; it’s done all the time. However, rudeness and disrespect in public from the occupant of the highest office in the land requires a public apology.

Mr. Obama, it’s time to make that apology but we won’t hold our breath. He lacks the character to stand up and be a man and to be a true leader. Indeed!

See Also: Why the pre-eminent First Amendment expert disagrees with Obama.