I keep seeing comments here and there by lefties that NObama graduated magna cum laude or summa cum laude from Harvard. Where does that “info” come from?!
Yes, Obama did graduate magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, which HLS says is for those whose grades are in the top 10% of the class.
Those in the top 10% after the first year are also selected for Harvard Law Review. Except for affirmative action recipients, who also make HLR.
Obama was selected for HLR, and after a long contentious meeting, was selected as President of the HLR.
Come graduation, if Obama wasn't in the top 10% of his class, he wouldn't have made magna. Having the HLR President not being magna would be awkward. My theory is that Obama was granted a social magna.
It is a lot easier to imagine that, than to imagine someone of Obama's lack of achievement prior to and after HLS making magna.