Obama Versus The Law

While we are aware of the many issues of the day in isolation, sometimes an article like this helps put things into perspective.
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/obama-john-roberts-supreme/2010/07/06/id/363891?s=al&promo_code=A3A4-1

What does that say about Obama, that so much of what he plans to do finds such opposition in the courts? What does it say about the importance of Supreme Court appointments???