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This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:07 pm
by johno
President Obama is a former president of the Harvard Law Review and famously taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. But did he somehow not teach the historic case of Marbury v. Madison?
That's a fair question after Mr. Obama's astonishing remarks on Monday at the White House when he ruminated for the first time in public on the Supreme Court's recent ObamaCare deliberations. "I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress," he declared.
Presidents are paid to be confident about their own laws, but what's up with that "unprecedented"? In Marbury in 1803, Chief Justice John Marshall laid down the doctrine of judicial review. In the 209 years since, the Supreme Court has invalidated part or all of countless laws on grounds that they violated the Constitution. All of those laws were passed by a "democratically elected" legislature of some kind, either Congress or in one of the states. And no doubt many of them were passed by "strong" majorities.
April 2, 2012, Wall St. Journal
Astonishing ignorance of the law.
Or a Banana Republic Dictator's view of politics.
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:12 pm
by DrDonkeyLove
johno wrote:President Obama is a former president of the Harvard Law Review and famously taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. But did he somehow not teach the historic case of Marbury v. Madison?
That's a fair question after Mr. Obama's astonishing remarks on Monday at the White House when he ruminated for the first time in public on the Supreme Court's recent ObamaCare deliberations. "I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress," he declared.
Presidents are paid to be confident about their own laws, but what's up with that "unprecedented"? In Marbury in 1803, Chief Justice John Marshall laid down the doctrine of judicial review. In the 209 years since, the Supreme Court has invalidated part or all of countless laws on grounds that they violated the Constitution. All of those laws were passed by a "democratically elected" legislature of some kind, either Congress or in one of the states. And no doubt many of them were passed by "strong" majorities.
April 2, 2012, Wall St. Journal
Astonishing ignorance of the law.
Or a Banana Republic Dictator's view of politics.
I choose what's behind door #2 Monte
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:20 pm
by TerryB
It's awesome to see a President trying to tear down the third branch of government to help him win re-election.
That should be good for the country.
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:30 pm
by Turdacious
I dunno. Pissing off people who are about to rule on the constitutionality of your signature achievement seems like a good idea to me.
My guess is that there is wailing and gnashing of teeth among Dem Senators facing reelection bids in competitive districts over the POTUS' handling of this issue.
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:32 pm
by Pinky
This is a politician being a politician.
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:12 pm
by The Crawdaddy
Pinky wrote:This is a politician being a politician.
What? You mean this type of douchbaggery isn't limited to the current chair warmer? For shame!
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:29 pm
by Testiclaw
Pinky wrote:This is a politician being a politician.
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:17 pm
by johno
"I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress," he declared.
Palin-esque doofus statement.
And, no, it's not what all politicians do. This is the President trying to pressure the Supreme Court by commenting on a matter that is under current deliberation.
The right thing to do is to withhold comment on issues before the bench, but this guy sometimes confuses his title with "King" or "
El Jefe."
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:16 pm
by Yes I Have Balls
What do you expect. The man isn't even a US citizen...
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:30 pm
by johno
He is Keynesian.
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:40 pm
by The Crawdaddy
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:46 pm
by baffled
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:48 pm
by Blaidd Drwg
johno wrote: Palin-esque doofus statement.
. Obama may be a bad speaker w/o the prompter but he's no Sarah Palin.
How dare you undercut the high water mark in Candidate Idiocy that Is Sarah Palin
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:18 am
by Protobuilder
johno wrote: Palin-esque doofus statement.
I expect a comment on being Kenyan by the 3rd or 4th post and a Nazi reference by page 2 but comparing him to Palin is a bit of a low blow.
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:59 am
by baffled
Re: This from a former Constitutional Law Professor?
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:34 am
by ___________
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