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Obama: NOT a Lawyer... NOT a Professor... (and Surely No Genius, Either!)
Reaganite Republican ^
| April 5, 2012
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 04/06/2012 4:46:26 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
Why don't the Obamas -touted as brilliant minds/teachers- have their law licenses? Seems they where forced to cough them up, in Barack's case to avoid charges for false statements i.e. he had 'no prior aliases', among other things.
For those not familiar with the intricacies of the Bar Association, a "Voluntary Surrender" of one's license is not something where you just forget to renew it. No, a "Voluntary Surrender" is something you do when you've been accused of something, and you 'voluntarily surrender' your license five seconds before the state suspends you.
Michelle Obama also 'voluntarily surrendered' her law license in 1993. The search engine linked above has blocked all info on 'disciplinary action', so we may never know the truth as to why.
And Barack Obama was nothing like the legal scholar he's purported to have been: former students have recently come out as 'shocked' at their former teacher's ignorance of the US Constitution, but that just goes to show you that a 'senior lecturer' is one thing, a fully ranked law professor is entirely another: and Barack Obama was NOT a Constitutional Law Professor at the University of Chicago- period. Yes, the University of Chicago released a statement in March 2008 saying Sen. Obama (D-Ill.) "served as a professor" in the law school. In reality, that is a title Obama -who only taught courses there part-time- never held, a spokesman for the school confirmed in 2008. "He did not hold the title of Professor of Law," said Marsha Ferziger Nagorsky, an Assistant Dean for Communications and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago School of Law.According to the the highest tenured faculty member at Chicago Law, Obama applied for a position as an adjunct and wasn't even considered. But soon afterward, the law school got a phone call from the Board of Trustees telling them to find him an office, put him on the payroll, and give him a class to teach. They said he didn't have to be a member of the faculty, but they needed to give him a temporary position. He was never a professor... and barely an adjunct. The other (real) professors 'hated him because he was lazy, unqualified, never attended any of the faculty meetings, and it was clear that the position was nothing more than a political stepping stool.'Another Chicago Law professor said that Obama 'had the lowest intellectual capacity in the building'. The same prof expressed serious doubt as to whether BHO was ever legitimately an editor on the Harvard Law Review, because if he was, he would be the first and only editor of an Ivy League law review to never be published while in school (publication is a standard prerequisite for the position).
Perhaps this all helps to explain then the way that the former 'Constitutional Senior Lecturer' cited the U.S. Constitution during his most recent State of the Union Address. Unfortunately, the quote he cited was from the Declaration of Independence .... not the Constitution .
Obama said: "We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal." Uh, btw Mr. President... those promises are not a 'notion'... the Founding Fathers said they are 'unalienable rights- BIG difference. And the document you quoted form was actually The Declaration of Independence:
'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.'
And this is the same guy who lectured the Supreme Court just moments later? Did this fraud ever even graduate from Harvard...?
TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: birth; birthcertificate; certificate; fraud; lawyer; obama; professor
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To: ken5050
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
04/06/2012 4:48:36 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
To: Reaganite Republican
IIRC, Moochelle's job at University of Chicago was Vice President for Community and External Affairs (sounds like a PR job). Such a job wouldn't require her to be a lawyer.
That said, your points are well taken.
To: Reaganite Republican
“Genius”?
Take away this marxist punks teleprompter and he seems turely a dullard.
He couldn’t run a Dunkin Donuts more less a country.
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posted on
04/06/2012 4:57:54 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
To: Reaganite Republican
the headline didn’t include not a citizen
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posted on
04/06/2012 4:57:55 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
( My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Reaganite Republican

Perhaps he is a Sweet Genius... Yes?
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posted on
04/06/2012 4:59:40 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
("The problem with Internet Quotes is that you never know if they are real" -- Abraham Lincoln)
To: Reaganite Republican
Obama should have lectured on subjects he knows something about like World Revolution and Marxist/Leninist Theory.
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:01:41 AM PDT
by
JPG
(Hold on tight; rough road ahead.)
To: RoosterRedux
They called the position ‘legal counsel’, no?
To: yldstrk
To: Reaganite Republican
I personally have asked hundreds of high priced and well known attorneys as to how often a supposed Harvard or Yale Law School Graduate VOLUNTARILY gives up their license to practice law. The answer is always the same “It has Never happened before”.
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:03:24 AM PDT
by
eyeamok
To: Reaganite Republican
To: Fred Nerks; Beckwith; LucyT
PING....Fred you may find some of this interesting. Hard to tell what gravitas to assign to this.Obama lost his law practice licence?
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:07:35 AM PDT
by
Candor7
(Obama fascist info....http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: eyeamok
There is so much not known about this manchurian cadidate...nobama. I hope I live long enough to see him and his grifter wife exposed for the anti-American frauds they are.
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:09:20 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(1st Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Reaganite Republican
As I remember it, she was originally executive director of community affairs and then took a promotion (or demotion) to VP of same. In that capacity she would operate as a PR liaison with the local government.
The usual credential for such a job is a PhD in Public Administration, not a law degree.
To: yldstrk
OBAMA OR AMERICA, YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH!!!! PASS IT ON.

Our Constitutional Republic is in danger every minute this petulant cipher continues in the White House.
Countdown until Jackwagon leaves Office: 289 days as of April 6, 2012.
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:15:43 AM PDT
by
BobP
(The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:15:58 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
( My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Reaganite Republican
To: Reaganite Republican
For those not familiar with the intricacies of the Bar Association, a "Voluntary Surrender" of one's license is not something where you just forget to renew it. No, a "Voluntary Surrender" is something you do when you've been accused of something, and you 'voluntarily surrender' your license five seconds before the state suspends you. That's not true. My wife is a lawyer. She is currently staying home with our children, and not actively practicing law, and her page says "voluntarily inactive," just like Michelle Obama's. There are advantages to becoming inactive if your'e not actively practicing law (lower bar fees, no CLEs, etc). I know other attorneys who have changed careers and have permanently stopped practicing law, and their bar status page says "voluntarily retired," just like BO's. No disciplinary record (or threatened disciplinary record) for any of them.
To: Reaganite Republican
Bump-o-Rama.
The president of all 57 states!
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:25:58 AM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(I think in about 5 - no, 4 - years I'll have had enough.)
To: Reaganite Republican
Sorry, but the link posted in the comment “reality lost his license to practice law because he lied on the application...” does not in any way substantiate he claim of lying on his application.
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:29:17 AM PDT
by
MindBender26
(New Army SF and Ranger Slogan: Vengeance is Mine, sayeth the Lord.... but He subcontracts!)
To: Reaganite Republican
Sorry, but the link posted in the comment “reality lost his license to practice law because he lied on the application...” does not in any way substantiate he claim of lying on his application.
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:29:23 AM PDT
by
MindBender26
(New Army SF and Ranger Slogan: Vengeance is Mine, sayeth the Lord.... but He subcontracts!)
To: Conscience of a Conservative
“I personally have asked hundreds of high priced and well known attorneys as to how often a supposed Harvard or Yale Law School Graduate VOLUNTARILY gives up their license to practice law”
Did your wife graduate from Harvard or Yale Law School?
To: Reaganite Republican
As to Obamas LSAT scores, Jimmy Hoffas body will be unearthed before those are. My favorite question of libs: If Obama is what he says he is, why has he spent all that money sequestering all of his records, from high school through law school? Not one lib can give an answer.
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:32:55 AM PDT
by
econjack
To: Conscience of a Conservative
The ranks of management in the federal government are littered with inactive lawyers.
We had a fellow working as a contractor for us ages ago who had both a law degree and a masters in some sort of engineering field ~ he preferred engineering.
I'd imagined at the time his father was happy to quit paying his kid's tuition!
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:35:32 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Reaganite Republican
The established liberal trope is that the Left is composed of the enlightened elite while the Right is a milling herd of unwashed morons. Bill Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar. John Kennedy was a leader of Arthurian force. Barack Obama was a star legal mind. Even Jimmy Carter and — laughably — Al Gore were held up as intellectual exemplars. Meanwhile, George Bush was a tongue-tied boob, Gerald Ford was a stumbling clod, and Ronald Reagan was a doddering old fool who could barely feed himself.
Yet by any objective standard, the “successes” these self-declared liberal geniuses have had in correcting the nation’s ills have been mighty rare. And closer examination of their credentials seldom bears out the lavish praise heaped on their abilities. Mostly, they tend to be pretty packages with nothing inside.
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:44:37 AM PDT
by
IronJack
(=)
To: Reaganite Republican
Obama: NOT a Lawyer... NOT a Professor... (and Surely No Genius, Either!)This phoney marxist and his ilk have been a plague on America for a long time. Tragic!!
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:46:18 AM PDT
by
GoldenPup
(Comrade "O" has got to GO!!)
To: Reaganite Republican
Good cons don’t need to be geniuses; they only need to appeal to fools and dullards...
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:50:04 AM PDT
by
LRS
("How many fingers, Winston?")
To: Reaganite Republican
Change his name to Bankrupt H. Obama.
To: GoldenPup
Good read, not shocking....I hope this gets around.
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:52:35 AM PDT
by
freebird5850
(Of course Obama loves his country...but I love the United States of America.)
To: Reaganite Republican
As for Obumbo being editor of the Harvard Law Review, it is my understanding that EVERY student in the law school is given
the title of “editor” for a short period of time.
It is akin to the old radio show, QUEEN FOR A DAY.
Everything about Obumbo’s life is a lie, and built on the same principle.
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:56:48 AM PDT
by
AlexW
To: Reaganite Republican
” his word on anything: are you aware that the former editor of the Harvard Law Revue . . . “
He was never an “Editor” of any kind. That would be an intellectually challenging position. He was the “president” of the Law Review - an elected, political, public relations position.
Editors actually help produce something.
Just sayin’
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:57:41 AM PDT
by
John Galt's cousin
(Principled Conservatism NOW! * * * * * * * * * * Repeal the 17th Amendment!)
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:57:59 AM PDT
by
VTenigma
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:58:16 AM PDT
by
RetSignman
(I take responsibility for what I post not for what you understand.)
To: Conscience of a Conservative
There is a difference between inactive and surrendered....
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posted on
04/06/2012 5:58:19 AM PDT
by
Nifster
To: Reaganite Republican
the folks on here claiming that they know lawyers who have voluntarily surrendered their license....i note that you are able to provide some reasons....if im not mistaken, moochelle’s reasons are not given, and are not available.
if they are as benign as some of the examples given....why are we not made aware of hers?
To: Conscience of a Conservative
Exactly however it is true Michelle’s hospital job was an obvious patronage position.
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posted on
04/06/2012 6:02:14 AM PDT
by
Williams
(Honey Badger Don't Care)
To: GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
Terrific point! Waiting for the response!
To: Reaganite Republican
President Obama has been a life-long beneficiary of affirmative action. That includes his Nobel Peace Prize.
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posted on
04/06/2012 6:17:04 AM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Socialism isn't going to work this time, either.)
To: Conscience of a Conservative
There is a BIG difference between voluntarily going “Inactive” and “surrendering” your law license.
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posted on
04/06/2012 6:31:14 AM PDT
by
NavVet
("You Lie!")
To: Reaganite Republican
I love what you posted, but he was the president of the law review, not the editor.
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posted on
04/06/2012 6:46:38 AM PDT
by
kabumpo
(Kabumpo)
To: Diogenesis
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posted on
04/06/2012 6:47:19 AM PDT
by
MileHi
( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
To: Nifster
The word “surrendered” does not appear on the ARDC page for either Obama. Barack’s page says “voluntarily retired,” Michelle’s says “voluntarily inactive”
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
04/06/2012 7:16:07 AM PDT
by
bgill
To: popdonnelly
I would say his election to President was also affirmative action. Blacks voted for him because he is, sort of, black. Liberals voted for him because he is a black Marxist. The rest who voted for him were too stupid to see through his “hopey, changy” BS.
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posted on
04/06/2012 7:20:36 AM PDT
by
MtBaldy
(If Obama is the answer, it must have been a really stupid question)
To: raygunfan
IIRC, she had gotten into some problems over real estate and questionable money transactions. No, I don’t have the link, if it still exists. No, I don’t remember the names, dates or details as that was back in ‘08 and two or three crashed computers ago. At the time, the Illinois Bar site had them listed but not active (not active wasn’t the term) so both had voluntarily or ordered by the court (that would be Moochelle’s) before he was elected.
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posted on
04/06/2012 7:25:24 AM PDT
by
bgill
To: eyeamok
I personally have asked hundreds of high priced and well known attorneys as to how often a supposed Harvard or Yale Law School Graduate VOLUNTARILY gives up their license to practice law. The answer is always the same It has Never happened before. My wife is no Harvard lawyer but she is a lawyer and she left the legal profession to take up teaching. There are continuing education requriements and annual fees and stuff she would have to maintain in order to retain her status as a mamber of the bar in active standing. So she changed her status to some sort of "inactive" one. She cannot practice law but all she needs to do to reactivate herself is pay a fee.
I'm not sure if this is in any way similar to what Obama did, the linked reference citation to his legal status with the Illinois bar doesn't say, other than he's not authorized to practice law. I'm not sure that means he can never practice law or that he was ever under any sort of disbarment consideration. This might be all smoke, no fire.
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posted on
04/06/2012 8:11:26 AM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Who is John Galt?)
To: Reaganite Republican
You know, I think if the court looks like it is going to go the way of striking it down, if I were Elena Kagan I might seriously consider voting with the majority to overturn it.
She sits in a cloud now, as Obama's lawyer she prepared the defense of this thing and then refused to recuse herself. It looks bad, makes her look like a partisan hack. She's even been accused by whisperers of feeding Obama inside info from the close door deliberaitons. In other words, she's viewed as his puppet.
If her vote was necessary, I'm sure she could live with that. But if her vote is not relevant, why not put that all aside by going against Obama? Not only would she remove the appearance of partiality, she would actually appear to be very independent, not a predictable hack at all.
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posted on
04/06/2012 8:18:55 AM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Who is John Galt?)
To: Conscience of a Conservative
That's not true. My wife is a lawyer. She is currently staying home with our children, and not actively practicing law, and her page says "voluntarily inactive," just like Michelle Obama's. There are advantages to becoming inactive if your'e not actively practicing law (lower bar fees, no CLEs, etc). I know other attorneys who have changed careers and have permanently stopped practicing law, and their bar status page says "voluntarily retired," just like BO's. No disciplinary record (or threatened disciplinary record) for any of them.
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To clear up the controversy, wouldn't it be a simple matter to have a reporter ask Obama or his press secretary why Obama voluntarily gave up his law license?
If Obama's answer is as innocent as you claim above, then Obama should be more than happy to answer a reporter's question about his law license.
All I know is this: Obama has had plenty of time and opportunities to put the controversy to rest over these past almost 4 years, but he has been conspicuously silent when it comes to explaining why the President of the United States voluntarily gave up his law license in Illinois.
Why is President Obama so silent on the law license question, if the answer is an innocent and routine one?
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