Posted on 04/04/2012 5:51:26 PM PDT by tobyhill
Constitutional law scholar Laurence Tribe, a Harvard Law School professor and former mentor to President Barack Obama, said the president "obviously misspoke" earlier this week when he made comments about the Supreme Court possibly overturning the health care law.
Tribe, who calls the president one of his best students, said in an interview, "He didn't say what he meant ... and having said that, in order to avoid misleading anyone, he had to clarify it."
Tribe said he saw no reason for the president to express his views on the matter, because everyone already knows he wants the case upheld.
"I don't think anything was gained by his making these comments and I don't think any harm was done," Tribe said, "except by public confusion."
The dust-up began Monday, when Obama was asked about the law and said it would be a prime example of judicial overreach if the Supreme Court ruled against it.
"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 said.
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If Obama was one of his best students, that's not saying much for his teaching skills.
the reason the white house, larry tribe etc are speaking out is because peeps know kagan leaked and it is coming back on her. The idiot obama spoke out shortly after getting the secret vote count. The supremes know who leaked and kagan is running for cover.
My favorite loss: 2000 - Bush vs. Gore
Been doin' it for decades. Never gonna get that seat and Larry knows it.
Carney is clearly retarded.
It’s my contention that lefties like Obama study constitutional law solely to figure our ways around the constitution. There is no way these people actually believe in the greatness of the constitution. They are only looking for ways to use the constitution to destroy the constitution.
You're making an erroneous assumption here...but one that's easy to reach.Although at a glance it could only appear that stupidity is Osama Obama's (and Tribe's) problem,on closer examination it becomes clear that *amorality* is what we're seeing.
No,Carney is clearly *lying*.It's *us* that he thinks are retarded.
Ever see that creepy guy who whispers in the kids’ ears in Willy Wonka? I’m convinced Obama’s handlers are always at work, but they’re not whispering about Wonka bars.
If obamma is one of Tribe’s best students, then pity the legal system.
“Is everyone from Harvard stupid?” 97.8% are stupid(not in IQ) In my days that I owned a consulting Co. I instructed my retained searach division to round file all resumes’ from Harvard MBA’s and Lawyers(most couldn’t run a lenonade stand). Harvard MBA have tanked more businesses than great recession. Arrogant Btds
Amen! Thanks for the info...that brought a smile to my face!
As far as I'm concerned, that ruling was Divine Intervention, and I'm not surprised He stuck Tribe with the loss!
Blame your enemies. It’s what Obama does every time he opens his mouth. Of course he meant what he said.
Amen!
Everybody’s been waiting for Tribe to go senile ~ and there he went!
———I guess when your best student shows the world what an ignoramus he is it doesn’t speak well of your teaching abilities.-——
I was thinking the same thing.....
Sorry Lawrence, gonna have to see the grades before I believe that. Oh, wait...
FULT! You Socialist A$$hole!
Surely, there must be no greater humiliation than when college professors must come to one’s defense on the very subjects they “taught” us. Of course, then, it’s probably the professor’s “fault.”
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