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Obama Revisits Law School to Give a Supreme Court Lecture
NY Times ^ | 4/8/16 | Michael Shear

Posted on 04/08/2016 6:01:48 AM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1

CHICAGO — For a dozen years at the University of Chicago Law School, President Obama taught students the finer points of constitutional jurisprudence, preaching what he would later try to put into practice in the Oval Office.

On Thursday, he returned to the law school for the first time as president, using the backdrop of his onetime academic life to underscore his demand that Republicans reverse their opposition to holding hearings on his nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Merrick B. Garland.

“It’s not just that the Republican majority in the Senate intends to vote against a highly qualified judge,” Mr. Obama told about 250 law students and faculty members. “We now have a situation where they’re saying we simply will not consider the nomination itself.”

In the hour-and-a-half session, Mr. Obama gave long answers that may have seemed familiar to students who participate in philosophical legal discussions. He cautioned that the polarization of the political parties threatened to tarnish the judicial system and ultimately undermine Americans’ views of their democracy.

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1 posted on 04/08/2016 6:01:48 AM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

He was a lecturer, not a professor. He’s still lecturing.


2 posted on 04/08/2016 6:10:51 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

If anything needs a Barf alert!!!!! Pretty much mandatory when he speaks.


3 posted on 04/08/2016 6:11:01 AM PDT by prof.h.mandingo
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

I thought he ‘taught’ on race? I don’t know where the fiction of constitutional scholar comes from.


4 posted on 04/08/2016 6:12:31 AM PDT by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
For a dozen years at the University of Chicago Law School, President Obama taught students the finer points of constitutional jurisprudence . . .

This is the story the DIMS love to trot out.

Is there any hard evidence that it was actually the case?

5 posted on 04/08/2016 6:14:08 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: Arm_Bears
For a dozen years at the University of Chicago Law School, President Obama taught students the finer points of constitutional jurisprudence . . .

This is the story the DIMS love to trot out.

Is there any hard evidence that it was actually the case?

NONE!

6 posted on 04/08/2016 6:16:48 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

FWIW, I thought the Republicans played this nomination strategy wrong. By saying they would not consider it, they opened the door to an Obama race card play. I think they should have done what they usually do. Act like they are doing something and getting nothing done.


7 posted on 04/08/2016 6:17:59 AM PDT by IamConservative (There is no greater threat to our freedoms than Bipartisanship.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Why do I think Lord Obama & the NYT are campaigning for Madam President to appoint him to the Supreme Court?


8 posted on 04/08/2016 6:19:11 AM PDT by Tupelo (we vote - THEY decide.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Is there any proof that he actually graduated?


9 posted on 04/08/2016 6:33:25 AM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Didn’t Obama lose, or have to give up his law license?

Just what young, aspiring lawyers need, a lecture from a loser.


10 posted on 04/08/2016 6:44:17 AM PDT by FrankR (You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
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To: Don Corleone

I live in the Chicago area and NOT ONCE have I heard nor seen the local media trot out a former “student” talk about the great lectures Barry had given.

If there are such “students”, they probably took the class as an excuse to take a nap.


11 posted on 04/08/2016 7:21:15 AM PDT by twoputt
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Less and less subtle sharia.


12 posted on 04/08/2016 7:44:16 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: glorgau
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13 posted on 04/08/2016 7:59:30 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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14 posted on 04/08/2016 8:01:18 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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15 posted on 04/08/2016 8:03:05 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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16 posted on 04/08/2016 8:04:17 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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17 posted on 04/08/2016 8:07:12 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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18 posted on 04/08/2016 8:10:59 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

He is not a licensed attorney, even. And his wife, Michelle, was disbarred. So how much was his ‘speaking fee’?


19 posted on 04/08/2016 8:28:37 AM PDT by RideForever (OldMainframer)
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