John Lott: Sotomayor, Kagan ‘dumbing down’ Supreme Court

The Daily Caller ^ | 9/26/2013 | Jamie Weinstein

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

IIRC, Obama wasn’t even tenure track; he was only an adjunct professor. (Which means hired by the year, or by the semester. A fill-in professor, till they can afford a full-timer. Distinguished position, eh?)

[2ndDivisionVet]

"Asked whether President Obama, a former constitutional law professor..."

He was never a professor of anything. He was a part-time instructor, about one step above a graduate assistant and two above the guy who cleans the chalkboards and sharpens the pencils.

[Conspiracy Guy]

In all fairness, 0bama’s IQ is off the chart. That's right I said it. The chart doesn't go low enough to register his intelligence.

[Tax-chick]

The only way to make less at stake is to reduce the power and scope of the federal government.

[9YearLurker]

Kagan may be smarter than the Wise Latina, but she strikes me as more of an intractable, Constitution-bending ideologue.

[9YearLurker]

I’d give Barry a ‘B’ in intelligence. That is the post-grade inflation version of the ‘Gentleman’s C’.

[Conspiracy Guy]

You’re too generous. ; )

[Falcon4.0]

I wonder which one blackmailed Roberts into siding with obama care?
I'm betting it was kagan.

[Peet]

“President Obama, a former constitutional law professor,...”

Bullcrap.

How many times do we have to debunk this lie?

[TN4Liberty]

One doesn’t need knowledge and intellect to persuade other justices to a particular point of view when one has the Justices’ FBI file and tax records.

[ronnie raygun]

“President Obama, a former constitutional law professor,...”

Titles are cheap these days, did I tell you I am the Intergalactic Federation King Almighty and Commander of the Universe.

[Vinnie]

By the time Zer0’s term is over we may have 1 or 2 more new faces/asses sitting up there. You know which way they’ll be leaning.
Won’t that be a fine kettle of fish.

[leprechaun9]

Jamie, why are you a practitioner of "Repetitio est mater studiorum?"

For example, you stated: "Asked whether President Obama, a former constitutional law professor,..."

CZAR B.O. was a GUEST LECTURER and like so many others you claim he was a constitutional law professor. NOT TRUE!

[silverleaf]

but at least we have obama’s writing while first black editor of the Harvard Law Review on which to judge his brilliance

oh, wait .....

[silverleaf]

ewww

I’m guessing axelthread and Valjar commissioned some serious dirt digging on John Roberts and the rest of the USSC and key members of congress, too

[DoodleDawg]

What smart, competent jurist from either party would want to submit themselves to the horror show that is the confirmation process today?

[DaveA37]

“CZAR B.O. was a GUEST LECTURER and like so many others you claim he was a constitutional law professor. NOT TRUE! “....

Was he allowed to bring his teleprompter to those lectures?

[7thson]

I knew a guy who had a name and title block made for his desk. It had his name on top and below it said EMPEROR OF THE NORTH POLE - like the Lee Marvin movie. When I asked him about it, he told me he got into an argument with someone over the phone who wanted to know his name and title. After a few times trying to gaff the guy off, he finally replied he was the Emperor of the North Pole. Than later he made the name/title block up for himself.

Like you said, titles are overrated.

[DeWalt]

My guess would be an IRS visit. The can make you a criminal when you aren’t one.