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The Man Who Knew Too Little -Obama's stunning ignorance of constitutional law
http://online.wsj.com/ ^ | April 3, 2012 | JAMES TARANTO

Posted on 04/03/2012 3:22:03 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45

We were half-joking yesterday when we asked if Barack Obama slept through his Harvard Law class on Marbury v. Madison, the 1803 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court first asserted its power to strike down unconstitutional laws. It turns out it's no joke: The president is stunningly ignorant about constitutional law.

Obama, " A law like that has not been overturned [pause] at least since Lochner, right? "

But in citing Lochner, the president showed himself to be in over his head.

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KEYWORDS: marxistcoup; obama; obamacare; obamanism; obamapoleon; scotus; separationofpowers; tyrantinchief
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To: Para-Ord.45
Obama slept through his Harvard Law class

Where's the transcripts?

He's such a genius, where's the transcripts?

Let's see them.

What's the big secret?

21 posted on 04/03/2012 7:51:50 PM PDT by FlyVet
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To: Para-Ord.45

He’s an I . D . I . O . T!


22 posted on 04/03/2012 9:47:47 PM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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