USA TODAY

An article “Roberts: Presidential address is ‘pep rally’ reports “Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts told an Alabama audience Tuesday that he found the atmosphere ‘very troubling’ at January’s State of the Union Address, during which President Obama criticized the high court.

“He questioned why justices attend the annual event. ‘To the extent it has degenerated into a political pep rally, I’m not sure why we’re there.’” (Click here to read more.)

WATCHDOG: Fair point. This was not the time or the place. An unsual  lapse of courtesy and judgment. A wag of the tail.

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Updated: March 10, 2010 — 3:16 pm