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I think he's not used to having cameras on him. So it prob didn't occur to him that muttering under his breath about a misstatement of the decision in a case would be picked up on a camera and make national news. From what I know about Alito from people who know him, he is a total wonk, perfect gentleman and not devious in the least. This was not some political stunt because he just doesn't think that way.
My guess is that he either will be very sure not to move a muscle at future SOTUs or won't show because he doesn't want to have the camera on him.
Tell me, you think Obama's behavior was appropriate - attacking them to their faces when he knows they can't respond - especially given his rather blatant misstatement of what that case was about? Or for that matter, Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid, sitting right behind the Justices and in effect razzing them, when they know damn well the Justices have no way to respond? From what I know of Ruth Ginsburg, she probably recoiled in distaste from that display by the President and his Senatorial sycophants, and my guess is that Breyer and Kennedy did, too. Obama did himself no favors with the Justices by behaving that way toward them in public.
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