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At a Q&A someone asked Chief Justice Roberts how he felt about the President making comments about a recent decision that the court made during the State of the Union.  Roberts had an excellent answer:

The Cato Institute is out with a new video fact-checking President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, which you can watch below.

Separately, the AP has also put together a fact-check, which you can read here.

In case you missed it, here is video of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech. I’ll try to have some thoughts about the speech posted later today:

Here is video of the Republican response, given by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell:

Welcome to United Liberty’s live-blog of the State of the Union address. Our coverage will begin around 8:30pm. President Barack Obama will begin his speech to the joint session of Congress around 9pm.

The talking points from the Obama Administration are already out. The president will talk up jobs and focus on the middle class and other play up other populist talking points. Obama will also make another push on health care “reform.” Speaker Nancy Pelosi was floating ideas today such as incremental changes in the system just to get something through Congress.

Interestingly, he’ll call for transparency in Washington. That’s a laugh considering his campaign promises to televise health care negoitions on C-SPAN (and C-SPAN has asked for sunlight on this as well).

One of the subjects that President Barack Obama is expected to touch on during the State of the Union address, which we will be live-blogging here at United Liberty, is the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy:

President Barack Obama is expected to discuss the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy during Wednesday night’s State of the Union address, according to a top congressional leader.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Michigan, said he had no specifics, but said the president would bring up the issue during the speech. He made his comments after a news conference on Afghanistan Monday.

The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy prohibits openly gay men and women from serving in the U.S. armed forces. The policy bans military recruiters or authorities from asking about an individual’s sexual orientation, but also prohibits a service member from revealing that he or she is gay.

Obama has said he would end the policy.

I beat up on President Obama often, but this is one issue that where he deserves praise provided he lives up to his campaign promise.

United Liberty will host a live-blog of the State of the Union address to Congress on Wednesday, January 27th. Details are below. You can also sign up for an e-mail reminder so you don’t forget.

We hope you’ll join us.

Obama’s address Tuesday evening contained a fascinating lesson in economics and monetary policy for the American public. Let’s review:

So the recovery plan we passed is the first step in getting our economy back on track. But it is just the first step. Because even if we manage this plan flawlessly, there will be no real recovery unless we clean up the credit crisis that has severely weakened our financial system.

I want to speak plainly and candidly about this issue tonight, because every American should know that it directly affects you and your family’s well-being. You should also know that the money you’ve deposited in banks across the country is safe; your insurance is secure; and you can rely on the continued operation of our financial system. That is not the source of concern.