If he does not respect it, then he does not grasp it.
Whether or not he studied the rights in order to attack them does not mean he grasps the concept that our rights come from God and cannot be removed by man.
If he in fact believes that his laws are superior to God’s rights, then he in fact believes that he is superior to God which is absolute proof of the staggering depth of his lack of understanding or grasp.
Obama understands/grasp liberty, (Which contrary to most, is not an ideology) but does not respect the individual’s God given right to be free. All hard-lined totalitarians have no respect to liberty but grasp Constitutions (In the US case) telling the central government to "layoff" the individual.