[Junior]

Dear God, this guy doesn't understand thing one about the Constitution.

[SolidRedState]

Typical leftist, communist crapola.

How did this guy get a degree? He knows not one whit about the Constitution or why it exists.

[Beckwith]

Some of the dumbest sumbitches I ever met had a Ph. D.

And they're always the ones that want you to address them as "doctor."

[Gritty]

[Jeff Mankoff is a sixth-year Ph.D. student in the History Department.]

His mother may be proud of Jeff, but anybody else associated with Yale should be hanging their head in shame. His ignorance is simply breathtaking!

If this is the best six years at Yale can produce - and a history Ph.D no less - then one and all should save their big bucks and apply forthwith to South Swampy Community College instead.

They would get a far better (and cheaper) education in two years than this fool has acquired in six!

[youthgonewild]

Being a kook is apparently not a deterrence to getting a PhD. The Constitution had a few problems, like the 3/5 of a person thing, but its body pertaining to government is relevant and powerful. Only one thing wrong with the Constitution, it begins with "electoral" and ends with "college".

[Bernard Marx]

Because of the Framers' unclear wording, no one has been able to establish definitively whether this right [to bear arms] belongs only to the militia or to individuals.

Amazing that a Yale history Ph.d candidate doesn't know what the word 'militia' meant to the framers and tries to substitute a totally incorrect definition. The militia ain't the National Guard, sonny.

[Kay Ludlow]

Here was my comment on this article:

Jeff opposes "Constitution Worship", even though the Constitution has served us well for over 200 years with minor adjustments. I wonder if he feels the same about "Earth Worship", where every year we have schools and governments around the country celebrating "earth day" and worshipping the sanctity of the planet - they have a religious beleif that the Earth should exist in the condition that it would if we weren't here; isn't that even more a religion than believing in the constitution???

[CalRepublican]

The Constitution is only as good as the people we elect to uphold and the judges they appoint to interpret it.

That's not very good these days.

[kcvl]

Jeff Mankoff - jeffrey.mankoff@yale.edu

Future plans: Mr. Mankoff hopes to work as a national security analyst, either for the US government or for a policy institute.