As a Professor, Obama Held Pragmatic Views on Court

New York Times by Jodi Kantor | May. 3, 2009 (News Analysis)

Many American presidents have been lawyers, but almost none have come to office with Barack Obama’s knowledge of the Supreme Court. Before he was 30, he was editing articles by eminent legal scholars on the court’s decisions. Later, as a law professor, he led students through landmark cases from Plessy v. Ferguson to Bush v. Gore. (He sometimes shared his own copies, marked with emphatic underlines and notes in bold, all-caps script.) Full Story »

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by Leo Romero - May. 3, 2009

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by Stefanie Taylor - May. 6, 2009

Yes. Well written, compelling content. Excellent quotes.

I really enjoyed this article. After reading itI feel that I now have a idea of what Obama is looking for in a member of the Supreme court. I love that it duscussed that he is a pragmatist. He urges people to be more attuned with the real-life impact of decisions. That's extremely important. I feel that it has been the misunderstanding(or the ingoring of) of real-life impact that has lead the nation into these bleak economic times. We need more pragmatists, especially in the supreme court.

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