During his state of the union address in February, Obama took a political cheap-shot at the jurists, who were not required to attend the event, were guests of Congress, and who do not participate in partisan applause lines, because he disagreed with their Citizens United decision which once again evened the playing field between corporations and unions. While the un-Presidential outburst might have earned him the adoration of the fringe-Left base, it may have cost him the most important Supreme Court nomination.