my own constitutional law professor [President Obama] had stated that it would be “an unprecedented, extraordinary step” for the Supreme Court to "overturn" a law [i.e., the Affordable Care Act] ..., saying that it would be "unprecedented" and "extraordinary" for the Supreme Court to strike down a law that violates the Constitution is like saying that Kansas City is the capital of Kansas. Thus, a Wall Street Journal editorial queried this about the President who "famously taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago": "[D]id he somehow not teach the historic case of Marbury v. Madison?"
I actually know the answer to that question. It’s no (well, technically yes…he didn’t). President Obama taught "Con Law III" at Chicago. Judicial review, federalism, the separation of powers — the old "structural Constitution" stuff — is covered in "Con Law I" (or at least it was when I was a student). Con Law III covers the Fourteenth Amendment. (Oddly enough, Prof. Obama didn’t seem too concerned about “an unelected group of people” overturning a "duly constituted and passed law" when we were discussing all those famous Fourteenth Amendment cases – Roe v. Wade, Griswold v. Connecticut, Romer v. Evans, etc.) Of course, even a Con Law professor focusing on the Bill of Rights should know that the principle of judicial review has been alive and well since 1803, so I still feel like my educational credentials have been tarnished a bit by the President’s "unprecedented, extraordinary" remarks.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Former Student Says Obama Did Not Teach Judicial Review Constitutional Law At Univ Of Chicago: He Taught Course On Supreme Court's Expansion of Civil Liberties
Posted By Milton Recht
From Truth On The Market Blog, "My Professor, My Judge, and the Doctrine of Judicial Review" by Thom Lambert:
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