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Jeff Toobin and Campbell Brown of CNN were just discussing the 'do-over.' Toobin asserted basically that it didn't matter that President Obama did not meet the requirements of Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution because Article XX says that the President's term begins at noon on January 20. He reflected the view of one FReeper yesterday afternoon who suggested that the oath of office is just a formality. Excuse me?

Toobin is just another liberal useful idiot and isn't worth wasting time on. The bad guy here isn't even Obama. I'm no fan of Obama but he clearly knew that the wording was improper. It sounded to me like he tried to correct Chief Justice Roberts's mistake but gave up.

The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court's only job is to see that all requirements of the Constitution are followed. He failed miserably in that task yesterday. He should have immediately apologized to all Americans. CNN said that the re-oath was conducted privately to spare Roberts further embarassment.