@misc{11440,
  author = {Keith Whittington},
  title = {The State of the Union is a Presidential Pep Rally},
  abstract = { <p>President Barack Obama has been criticized for questioning the Supreme Court{\textquoteright}s campaign finance decision in his State of the Union address, leading Chief Justice John Roberts to complain that the State of the Union had degenerated into a "political pep rally." This essay puts Obama{\textquoteright}s remarks into a broader context, and argues that the State of the Union has long been a political pep rally, that presidents often criticize the courts and judges, and that the particular venue in which they choose to do so is a matter of strategic calculation rather than decorum.</p> },
  year = {2010},
  journal = {Inter Alia},
  url = {http://yalelawandpolicy.org/28/the-state-of-the-union-is-a-presidential-pep-rally},
  language = {eng},
}